Herbalogy

Author: Chen Zhongming, Huang Sheng, Bai, et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This book is a specialized monograph on herbal medicine research, divided into two main parts. The first part introduces the brief history of pharmaceutical development in China, with a focus on the discussion of major ancient Chinese herbal medicine works, including authors, content summaries, versions, and appropriate evaluations. The second part selects 63 common or frequently used traditional Chinese medicinal materials, including plant classification for botanical arguments; determines their origins, explains their historical evolution, and clarifies and verifies the confusion between ancient and modern medicinal materials. This book is suitable for readers and references for a broad range of workers in Chinese and Western medicine, as well as the history of science, and faculty and students in life science (medicine or biology) institutions.