Reading of the Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica: Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing Du 神農本草經讀 Contributor(s): Theisinger, Corinna (Author), Even, Eran (Editor), Schell, Jonathan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0990602923 ISBN-13: 9780990602927 Publisher: Chinese Medicine Database OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2016 |
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BISAC Categories: - Medical | Alternative & Complementary Medicine - Medical | Acupuncture - Medical | Pharmacy |
LCCN: 2021303000 |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 7" W x 10" (1.07 lbs) 278 pages |
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Publisher Description: The original text of the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing 《神農本草經》 (Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica) was compiled in the first or second century A.D. and consists of three parts. The first part discusses high-grade medicines that can prevent illnesses and lead to longevity, the second part contains medicines to cure patients, and the third one deals with toxic medicines of the lowest grade, which cure diseases, but have side effects. There are 365 herbs described in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, and in the following translation, there are 116 medicinals which have been excerpted from the original, and 46 from later appendices. The Reading of the Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica includes commentaries by Chen Xiuyuan 陳修園, Zhang Yin'an 張隱庵 and the scholar-physician Xu Lingtai 徐靈胎, whose commentary on the Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica was first published in 1736. |