Exploring Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Journey into the Compendium of Materia Medica (Part II)
Ben Cao Gang Mu 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 sections and 60 categories, … Read more