Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 1 (e-bog) af Unschuld, Paul U.
Unschuld, Paul U. (forfatter)

Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 1 e-bog

1240,73 DKK (inkl. moms 1550,91 DKK)
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 a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the ap...
E-bog 1240,73 DKK
Forfattere Unschuld, Paul U. (forfatter)
Udgivet 12 december 2014
Længde 764 sider
Genrer 1FPC
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780520959651
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 a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge. The Ben cao gang mu dictionary offers access to this impressive work of 1,600,000 characters. This first book in a three-volume series analyzes the meaning of 4,500 historical illness terms.