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Table of Contents
1. Prolegomena.
1.1 History of Chinese materia medica literature.
1.2 Structure and contents of the Ben cao gang mu.
1.3 Biographical sketch of Li Shizhen (1518 – 1593).
2. Notes on the Translation.
3. Wang Shizhen’s preface of 1590.
4. Translation of the Ben cao gang mu 本草綱目. Chapters 5 - 11.

Section Waters. Chapter 5
Group I: Waters of Heaven
Group II: Waters of the Earth

Section Fires. Chapter 6

Section Soils. Chapter 7

Section Metals and Stones. Chapter 8
Group I: Metals
Group II: Jades

Section Stones. Chapter 9
Group III: Stones

Chapter 10: Section of Stones
Group IV: Stones

Section Stones. Chapter 11
Group V: Salt Stones/Minerals

Appendix
5. Weights and measures.
5.1 Measures of capacity.
5.2 Measures of weight.
5.3 Measures of length.
5.4 Measures of the size of pills.
6. Appendix Pharmaceutical Substances of Plant Origin mentioned in BCGM ch 5 – 11 in passing. By Ulrike Unschuld

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/02/2021
      ISBN13: 9780520379893, 978-0520379893
      ISBN10: 0520379896
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      1. Prolegomena.
      1.1 History of Chinese materia medica literature.
      1.2 Structure and contents of the Ben cao gang mu.
      1.3 Biographical sketch of Li Shizhen (1518 – 1593).
      2. Notes on the Translation.
      3. Wang Shizhen’s preface of 1590.
      4. Translation of the Ben cao gang mu 本草綱目. Chapters 5 - 11.

      Section Waters. Chapter 5
      Group I: Waters of Heaven
      Group II: Waters of the Earth

      Section Fires. Chapter 6

      Section Soils. Chapter 7

      Section Metals and Stones. Chapter 8
      Group I: Metals
      Group II: Jades

      Section Stones. Chapter 9
      Group III: Stones

      Chapter 10: Section of Stones
      Group IV: Stones

      Section Stones. Chapter 11
      Group V: Salt Stones/Minerals

      Appendix
      5. Weights and measures.
      5.1 Measures of capacity.
      5.2 Measures of weight.
      5.3 Measures of length.
      5.4 Measures of the size of pills.
      6. Appendix Pharmaceutical Substances of Plant Origin mentioned in BCGM ch 5 – 11 in passing. By Ulrike Unschuld

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