Dictionary of the ben cao gang mu, volume 1: chinese historical illness terminology
Auteur :
Zhang, Zhibin / Unschuld, Paul U.
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520283954
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 5,1 cm
Poids :
1179 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.