Identifying Chinese Medicinal Herbs Through Images: Exploring the ‘Compendium of Materia Medica’ (Part 3)
Compendium of Materia Medica 本 草 纲 目 The Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) was written by the Ming Dynasty physician Li Shizhen. It is a monumental work that synthesizes and summarizes previous achievements in materia medica, compiled over decades of practice and research. The book contains over 1.9 million words, divided into 16 … Read more