and Chinese Herbal Encyclopedia Illustrated Dictionary [1]

Author: Niwa Tadashi
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Publish Date: 2001-02-01
Features: "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Japanese and Chinese Medicinal Materials" is divided into two volumes. It includes a total of 451 medicinal species. The book is based on Professor Niwa Tadashi's years of field research and research achievements, providing detailed descriptions of Japanese and Chinese medicinal materials circulating in the Japanese market (including folk medicines) as well as commercially available medicinal products from biological production countries such as China and South Korea. Each entry includes explanations of botany, origin, production areas, components, pharmacological effects, properties and efficacy, and commonly used prescriptions. Additionally, separate chapters are dedicated to an overview of the historical development of Chinese and Japanese (herbal medicine) and the prescription applications of traditional Chinese medicine. This book can be regarded as a number one work in the category of "foreigners writing about Chinese medicine" both in terms of professional academic standards and from the perspective of traditional culture.