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The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518 1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in Chinese materia medica works. This series analyzes the meaning of 4,500 historical illness terms.

Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu Volume 1

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 1/16/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520283954, 978-0520283954
      ISBN10: 0520283953

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      Book Synopsis
      The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518 1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in Chinese materia medica works. This series analyzes the meaning of 4,500 historical illness terms.

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