Bencao Gangmu
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Bencao Gangmu is a monumental 16th-century Chinese pharmacopeia and natural history encyclopedia that systematically documents medicinal substances, their properties, and uses in traditional Chinese medicine.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese pharmacopeia
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Ming dynasty work ⓘ medical encyclopedia ⓘ natural history encyclopedia ⓘ |
| author | Li Shizhen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| dateOfCompletion | 1578 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
materia medica
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natural history ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ traditional Chinese medicine ⓘ |
| firstPrintedEdition | late 16th century ⓘ |
| hasGenre | materia medica compendium ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
integration of medical and natural history observations
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systematic classification of medicinal substances ⓘ |
| includes |
citations of earlier medical texts
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classification of drugs by nature and flavor ⓘ corrections of earlier materia medica ⓘ information on collection and storage ⓘ information on habitats of substances ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian medicine
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Japanese Kampo medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean traditional medicine ⓘ Vietnamese traditional medicine ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| numberOfEntries | 1892 ⓘ |
| numberOfIllustrations | over 1100 ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 52 ⓘ |
| originalTitleScript | 本草綱目 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfCompilation | over 30 years ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of traditional Chinese medicine
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landmark in Chinese pharmacology ⓘ |
| structure |
16 divisions
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60 categories ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
animal-derived drugs
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botanical drugs ⓘ dietary therapy ⓘ hygiene ⓘ medicinal substances ⓘ mineral drugs ⓘ preparation methods ⓘ processing of medicines ⓘ therapeutic indications ⓘ toxicology ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Compendium of Materia Medica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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