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Table of Contents
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 47 - 52

Fowl I. Water Fowl, Chapter 47
Fowl II. Land Fowl. Chapter 48
Fowl III. Forest fowl. Chapter 49
Fowl IV. Mountain Fowl Group 11

Four Legged Animals I. Domestic Animals. Chapter 50
Four Legged Animals II. Section Wild Animals. Chapter 51
Four Legged Animals III. Section Wild Animals
Four Legged Animals IV. Section Residential and Strange [Animals]

Human [Substances] I, Chapter 51

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 47 – 52 in passing. By Ulrike Unschuld.

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/02/2021
      ISBN13: 9780520379923, 978-0520379923
      ISBN10: 0520379926
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      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 47 - 52

      Fowl I. Water Fowl, Chapter 47
      Fowl II. Land Fowl. Chapter 48
      Fowl III. Forest fowl. Chapter 49
      Fowl IV. Mountain Fowl Group 11

      Four Legged Animals I. Domestic Animals. Chapter 50
      Four Legged Animals II. Section Wild Animals. Chapter 51
      Four Legged Animals III. Section Wild Animals
      Four Legged Animals IV. Section Residential and Strange [Animals]

      Human [Substances] I, Chapter 51

      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 47 – 52 in passing. By Ulrike Unschuld.

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