Illustrated Dictionary of Authentic Chinese Herbal Medicines (4): Common Flowers, Leaves, Whole Herbs, Animal and Mineral Medicines, and Others…: Common Flowers, Leaves, Whole Herbs, Animal and Mineral Medicines, and Others…

Author: Zhang Ji
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: This book is a continuation of the "Illustrated Dictionary of Authentic and Counterfeit Chinese Medicinal Materials," specifically the supplement to the volumes on "Common Expensive Medicinal Materials, Imported Medicinal Materials," "Common Root and Rhizome Medicinal Materials," and "Common Seed, Fruit, and Bark Medicinal Materials." It corresponds to the volume on "Flowers, Leaves, Whole Herbs, Animal, Mineral, and Other Categories of Medicinal Materials" in the "Illustrated Dictionary of Authentic and Counterfeit Chinese Medicinal Materials." This book includes most of the flower, leaf, whole herb, animal, mineral, and other medicinal material varieties listed in the 1995 edition of the "Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China" and the Ministry of Health's standards for medicinal materials. It covers a total of 144 species, involving approximately 420 varieties, including genuine, non-genuine, and counterfeit products, with over 900 color photographs. In addition to ensuring that the selected samples are complete, accurate, representative, and have good three-dimensional appearance, the book also includes numerous magnified photographs of key local characteristics to facilitate readers in identifying or identifying Chinese medicinal materials.