Ben Cao Gang Mu : 16th Century Chinese encyclopedia of "materia medica" and natural history Volume V [Ch. 18 – 25]: Creeping Herbs, Water Herbs, Herbs Growing on Stones, Mosses, Cereals
Volume V in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 18 through 25, devoted to creeping herbs, water herbs, herbs growing on stones, mosses, and cereals. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1...
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
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| Series: | Ben cao gang mu: 16th Century Chinese encyclopedia of "Materia medica" and natural history
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- 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 , ch. 18 through 25
- Herbs VII, Creeping Herbs, Chapter 18
- Contents
- Entries
- Herbs VIII, Water Herbs, Chapter 19
- Contents
- Entries
- Herbs IX, Herbs growing on Stones, Chapter 20
- Contents
- Entries
- Herbs X, Mosses, Chapter 21
- Contents Mosses, Various Herbs
- Entries [Mosses
- Herbs XI, Various Herbs
- Entries [Various Herbs
- Cereals I, Sesame, Wheat, Rice Group, Chapter 22
- Contents
- Entries
- Cereals II, Millet Group, Chapter 23
- Contents
- Entries
- Cereals III, Bean Group, Chapter 24
- Contents
- Entries
- Cereals IV, Prepared and Brewed [Items] Group, Chapter 25
- Contents
- Entries
- 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. Lists of Substances
- 6.1 Identification of pharmaceutical substances of plant origin mentioned in BCGM ch. 18 - 25 in passing. Herbs with an entry of their own are marked with their entry number
- 6.2 Substances discussed in chapters 18 - 25 in a separate entry. Listed in alphabetical order of their proper pin yin names with their popular English names and references to their entry
- 6.3 Currently accepted scientific identification of substance