Shen Nong's Herbal (Complete Four Volumes)

Author: Li Shizhen
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Publish Date: 1988-05-01
Features: (Compendium of Materia Medica) is a monumental work in Chinese pharmacology, the life's work of the outstanding Ming Dynasty medical scientist Li Shizhen, completed after twenty-seven years of arduous effort. The book systematically summarizes the experience of pharmacology in China before the 16th century and has made significant contributions to the development of pharmacology in later generations. It is a valuable legacy of Chinese pharmacology, botany, and other fields. The book was first published in the 18th year of the Wanli reign (1590), and it has been reprinted many times since then. It has also been translated into multiple foreign languages and has spread abroad, being highly valued by world medical scholars and renowned as the "Great Classic of Eastern Medicine" or the "Chinese Herbal."