Compendium of Materia Medica
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The Compendium of Materia Medica is a monumental 16th-century Chinese pharmacopeia that systematically catalogs medicinal substances, their properties, and uses, and is regarded as one of the most important works in the history of traditional Chinese medicine.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bencao Gangmu | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese classic text
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medical encyclopedia ⓘ pharmacopeia ⓘ |
| aim |
to correct errors in earlier materia medica
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to systematically catalog medicinal substances ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bencao Gangmu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Li Shizhen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | earlier Chinese materia medica works ⓘ |
| contains |
author’s critical comments
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case anecdotes ⓘ folk remedies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 16th century ⓘ |
| describes |
medicinal animals
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medicinal minerals ⓘ medicinal plants ⓘ processed drugs ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
botany
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mineralogy ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ traditional Chinese medicine ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1596 ⓘ |
| includes |
citations of earlier medical texts
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dosage information ⓘ flavor classifications ⓘ indications and uses ⓘ meridian tropism ⓘ preparation methods ⓘ prescriptions ⓘ properties of medicinal substances ⓘ temperature classifications ⓘ toxicology notes ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian traditional medicine
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later Chinese pharmacopeias ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| mainCompilationPeriod | 1552–1578 ⓘ |
| numberOfEntries | 1892 ⓘ |
| numberOfIllustrations | 1100 ⓘ |
| numberOfScrollsOrBooks | 53 ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 52 ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the most important works in the history of traditional Chinese medicine ⓘ |
| structure |
16 divisions
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60 orders ⓘ chapters arranged by substance type ⓘ |
| titleInChineseCharacters | 本草綱目 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | inscribed on Memory of the World Register ⓘ |
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Bencao Gangmu