Li Shizhen Research Collection

Author: Qian Chaocen, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Li Shizhen was a great medical scientist of the Ming Dynasty in China. For over 400 years, his works, including Compendium of Materia Medica, and other writings have had a profound impact on Chinese and even world medicine. To date, over 100 Chinese versions of Compendium of Materia Medica have been published, and it has also been translated into multiple languages such as English, Japanese, French, German, Russian, Latin, and Korean, spreading internationally. The great scientist Charles Darwin praised it as "the encyclopedia of Chinese medicine for three generations." This book comprehensively collects and reflects the works, papers, and achievements of scholars at home and abroad on Li Shizhen's life, family background, academic accomplishments, development of his theories, clinical applications, and related research since the publication of Compendium of Materia Medica, especially over the past century. It provides a systematic review, categorization, and analysis, serving as both a summary of Li Shizhen and his theories and a showcase of later research findings. At the same time, it offers readers a systematic reference for research. The comprehensiveness of its content, the breadth of its sources, and the diversity of its research methods are unparalleled. With this book in hand, the essence of Li Shizhen's academic thought is vividly presented. It is suitable for readers at all levels in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as for students, research institutions, medical organizations, the pharmaceutical industry, libraries, and medical professionals for reading and collection.