Hunan Pharmaceutical Records (Volumes 1-7)

Author: Cai Guangxian
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Publishing Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book is divided into 7 volumes, collecting nearly 5,000 medicinal substances, with over 3,200 illustrations, totaling more than 8.8 million words in text and images. It (basically) collects all the plant, animal, and mineral medicines within Hunan Province, providing a relatively comprehensive and systematic introduction to their growth environments, distribution, collection and processing, identification, properties, flavors, and meridian tropism, as well as their functions, main indications, and clinical applications. It objectively introduces the research achievements on these medicinal substances in recent modern times. It systematically introduces the understanding, insights, and profound knowledge of modern Hunan medicine regarding these drugs, providing important scientific basis for the protection, development, and rational utilization of Hunan's medicinal resources, as well as contributing to the economic construction and sustainable development of Hunan. This book comprehensively and systematically organizes Hunan's traditional Chinese medicine resources, summarizing the development of Hunan's (materia medica studies) over the past 40 years, which is a historical mission of the Hunan traditional Chinese medicine community. The medicinal substances in this pharmacopoeia have all undergone field and physical investigations, with emphasis on the selection of literature and the examination of textual meanings, grounded in basic research. It is practical, concise, and scientific, while highlighting the characteristics of Hunan. It systematically summarizes the renowned experts, famous prescriptions, and folk remedies with proven efficacy that have been passed down among the people.