Description
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. 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
