Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) (In 6 Volumes)

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Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) (In 6 Volumes)

Author: Li Shizhen

Translator & Annotator: Luo Xiwen

Order No. 5000

ISBN-13: 9787119032603

ISBN-10: 7119032607

Binding: Hardcover

Publisher: Foreign Languages Press

Pub Year: 2004

Pages: 4,460

Language: English

Size: 7.5 x 10.5

Price: $999.95

Considered one of ancient China’s key achievements for its wealth of information on medicine, mineralogy, botany, zoology, and natural science, Compendium of Materia Medica covers the long period between remote antiquity and the Ming dynasty when the book was first published in 1593.

As early as the 17th century, Compendium of Materia Medica was introduced through translations to other countries in Asia, Europe and America as an essential work for the study of Chinese medical science, and ancient Chinese science, technology, culture and history. However, with the exception of a complete Japanese translation published in Japan in the 1970s, only parts of the Compendium (mainly to do with pharmacological therapeutics) have been translated. The more difficult sections about history, culture and science have never been translated; only abridged versions were available in the West.

This is first full English translation of the entire Compendium of Materia Medica. It is a careful rendition of the original text and explanatory notes place the contents in the context of modern scientific research.

General Table of Contents

(Volumes arranged according to the original Chinese edition; page numbers in current edition indicated)

>Translator’s Note >Preface by Wang Shizhen (1590) >Preface for 1603 Reprint by Xia Liangxin >Preface for the reprinting in 1603 by Zhang Dingsi >Memorial to the Throne – Concerning the Bencao Gangmu by Li Jianyuan (1596) >Author’s Note (1590)

Vol. 1: 1 General Introduction: Sources & Theoretical Basis;

Vol. 2: 118 General Introduction;

Vol. 3: 192 Drugs For Treating A Hundred Diseases;

Vol. 4: 529 Drugs For Treating A Hundred Diseases;

Vol. 5: 810 The Category Of Waters – 814..(I) Waters From Heaven: 13 Drugs; 822..(Ii) Waters From Earth: 30 Drugs;

Vol. 6: 843 The Category Of Fires – 845..11 Drugs;

Vol. 7: 856 The Category Of Earth – 860..61 Drugs;

Vol. 8: 898. The Category Of Metals, Stones & Minerals – 902..(I) Metals: 28 Drugs; 960..(Ii) Jades: 14 Drugs;

Vol. 9: 984 The Category Of Metals, Stones & Minerals – 986..(Iii) Stones: 32 Drugs;

Vol. 10: 1081 The Category Of Metals, Stones & Minerals – 1083..(Iv) Stones: 40 Drugs;

Vol. 11: 1139 The Category Of Metals, Stones & Minerals – 1141..(V) Halogens: 20 Drugs; 1141..Appendix: 27 Drugs

Vol. 12: 1225 The Category Of Herbs – 1229..(I) Mountain Herbs: 31 Drugs;

Vol. 13: 1362 The Category Of Herbs – 1364..(Ii) Mountain Herbs: 39 Drugs;

Vol. 14: 1467 The Category Of Herbs – 1470..(Iii) Fragrant Herbs: 56 Drugs;

Vol. 15: 1605 The Category Of Herbs – 1607..(Iv) Herbs From Swampland: 53 Drugs;

Vol. 16: 1730 The Category Of Herbs – 1733..(V) Herbs From Swampland: 73 Drugs;

Vol. 17: 1859 The Category Of Herbs – 1861..(Vi) Toxic Herbs: 47 Drugs;

Vol. 18: 2022 The Category Of Herbs – 2025..(Vii) Creeping Herbs: 73 Drugs; 2025..Appendix: 19 Drugs;

Vol. 19: 2173 The Category Of Herbs – 2175..(Viii) Aquatic Herbs: 23 Drugs;

Vol. 20: 2216 – (Ix) Herbs From Rocky Land: 19 Drugs;

Vol. 21: 2242 The Category Of Herbs – 2247..(X) Mosses: 16 Drugs; 2261..(Xi) Miscellaneous Herbs: 9 Drugs; 2261..Drugs With Their Names Recorded But Not Yet In Use: 153 Drugs

Vol. 22: 2285 The Category Of Cereals – 2287..(I) Sesame, Wheat And Rice: 12 Drugs;

Vol. 23: 2336 The Category Of Cereals – 2337..(Ii) Millet: 18 Drugs;

Vol. 24: 2369 The Category Of Cereals – 2370..(Iii) Beans: 14 Drugs;

Vol. 25: 2401 The Category Of Cereals – 2403..(Iv) Brewed & Prepared: 29 Drugs

Vol. 26: 2458 The Category Of Vegetables – 2461..(I) Pungent: 32 Drugs;

Vol. 27: 2550 The Category Of Vegetables – 255..(Ii) Soft & Slippery: 41 Drugs;

Vol. 28: 2611 The Category Of Vegetables – 2613..(Iii) Melons: 11 Drugs; 2638..(Iv) Aquatic Products: 6 Drugs; 2641..(V) Fungi: 15 Drugs

Vol. 29: 2660 The Category Of Fruits – 2663..(I) Five Fruits: 11 Drugs;

Vol. 30: 2710 The Category Of Fruits – 2712..(Ii) Mountain Fruits: 34 Drugs;

Vol. 31: 2786 The Category Of Fruits – 2788..(Iii) Exotic Fruits: 31 Drugs;

Vol. 32: 2828 The Category Of Fruits – 2829..(Iv) Spices: 13 Drugs;

Vol. 33: 2867 The Category Of Fruits – 2869..(V) Melons & Berries: 9 Drugs; 2889..(V1) Aquatic Fruits: 6 Drugs

Vol. 34: 2914 The Category Of Woods – 2917..(I) Fragrant Woods: 35 Drugs;

Vol. 35: 3002 The Category Of Woods – 3004..(Ii) Arbor Woods: 52 Drugs;

Vol. 36: 3121 The Category Of Woods – 3123..(Iii) Bush Woods: 51 Drugs;

Vol. 37: 3224 The Category Of Woods – 3226..(Iv) Parasitic Woods: 12 Drugs; 3247..(V) Bamboos: 4 Drugs; 3257..(Vi) Miscellaneous Woods: 7 Drugs; 3257..Appendix: 19 Drugs

Vol. 38: 3262 The Category Of Fabrics & Utensils – 3266..(I) Fabrics: 25 Drugs; 3280..(Ii) Utensils: 54 Drugs

Vol. 39: 3303 The Category Of Insects, Worms & Amphibians – 3306..(I) Oviparous: 23 Drugs;

Vol. 40: 3367 The Category Of Insects, Worms & Amphibians – 3369..(Ii) Oviparous: 22 Drugs;

Vol. 41: 3406 The Category Of Insects, Worms & Amphibians – 3408..(Iii) Incubated: 31 Drugs;

Vol. 42: 3453 The Category Of Insects, Worms & Amphibians – 3455..(Iv) Amphibians & Worms: 23 Drugs; 3455..Appendix: 7 Drugs

Vol. 43: 3497 The Category Of Animals With Scales – 3500..(I) Dragons: 9 Drugs;
3524..(Ii) Snakes: 17 Drugs;

Vol. 44: 3557 The Category Of Animals With Scales – 3561..(Iii) Fish: 31 Drugs; 3592..(Iv) Fish Without Scales: 28 Drugs; 3592..Appendix: 9 Drugs

Vol. 45: 3635 The Category Of Shells – 3637..(I) Tortoises & Turtles: 17 Drugs;

Vol. 46: 3670 The Category Of Shells – 3672..(Ii) Mussels & Clams: 29 Drugs

Vol. 47: 3715 The Category Of Fowls – 3718..(I) Aquatic Fowls: 23 Drugs;

Vol. 48: 3746 The Category Of Fowls – 3748..(Ii) Land Fowls: 23 Drugs;

Vol. 49: 3819 The Category Of Fowls – 3821..(Iii) Forest Fowls: 17 Drugs; 3839..(Iv) Mountain Fowls: 13 Drugs; 3839..Appendix: 1 Drug

Vol. 50: 3856 The Category Of Animals – 3859..(I) Domestic Animals: 28 Drugs;

Vol. 51: 3998 The Category Of Animals – 4002..(Ii) Wild Animals: 38 Drugs; 4104..(Iii) Mice: 12 Drugs; 4123..(Iv) Others: 8 Drugs

Vol. 52: 4133 The Category Of Humans – 4136..(I) Humans: 37 Clauses

Appendices:

4198 Appendix One: Names Of Drugs In English;
4213 Appendix Two: Names Of Drugs In Latin;
4227 Appendix Three: Names Of Drugs In Pinyin & Chinese Characters;
4338 Appendix Four: Titles Of Books In Pinyin & Chinese Characters;
4365 Appendix Five: Names Of Prescriptions In Pinyin & Chinese Characters;
4378 Appendix Six: Names Of Persons In Pinyin & Chinese Characters;
4386 Appendix Seven: Names Of Places In Pinyin & Chinese Characters;
4397 Appendix Eight: Official Titles In Pinyin & Chinese Characters.

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