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Compendium of Materia Medica

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The only English edition of the ancient masterpiece on traditional Chinese medicine Considered one of the key achievements of ancient Chinese civilization 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. To fill the void and make accessible to Western readers the full knowledge contained in this great scientific encyclopedia of China the Foreign Languages Press is now pleased to present the first full English translation of the entire Compendium of Materia Medica.
Table of Contents
GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS(Volumes arranged according to the original Chinese edition)
TRANSLATOR' S NOTE
PREFACE
by Wang Shizhen (1590)
PREFACE FOR THE REPRINTING IN 1603
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)
VOLUME 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION: SOURCES AND THEORETICAL BASIS.
VOLUME 2 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
VOLUME 3  DRUGS FOR TREATING A HUNDRED DISEASES
VOLUME 4 DRUGS FOR TREATING A HUNDRED DISEASES
VOLUME 5 THE CATEGORY OF WATERS
(I) Waters from Heaven: 13 Drugs
(II) Waters from Earth: 30 Drugs
VOLUME 6 THE CATEGORY OF FIRES
  11 Drugs
VOLUME 7 THE CATEGORY OF EARTH
  61 Drugs
VOLUME 8 THE CATEGORY OF METALS, STONES AND MINERALS
 (I) Metals: 28 Drugs
 (II) Jades: 14 Drugs
VOLUME 9 THE CATEGORY OF METALS, STONES AND MINERALS
 (III) Stones: 32 Drugs
VOLUME 10 THE CATEGORY OF METALS, STONES AND MINERALS
 (IV) Stones: 40 Drugs
VOLUME 11 THE CATEGORY OF METALS, STONES AND MINERALS
 (V) Halogens: 20 Drugs
 Appendix: 27 Drugs
VOLUME 12 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (I) Mountain Herbs: 31 Drugs
VOLUME 13 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (II) Mountain Herbs: 39 Drugs
VOLUME 14 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (III) Fragrant Herbs: 56 Drugs
VOLUME 15 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (IV) Herbs from Swampland: 53 Drugs
VOLUME 16 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (V) Herbs from Swampland : 73 Drugs
VOLUME 17 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (VI) Toxic Herbs: 47 Drugs
VOLUME 18 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (VII) Creeping Herbs: 73 Drugs
 Appendix: 19 Drugs
VOLUME 19 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (VIII) Aquatic Herbs: 23 Drugs
VOLUME 20 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (IX) Herbs from Rocky Land: 19 Drugs
VOLUME 21
THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (X) Mosses: 16 Drugs
 (XI)Miscellaneous Herbs: 9 Drugs
 Drugs with Their Names Recorded But Not Yet in Use: 153 Drugs
VOLUME 22 THE CATEGORY OF CEREALS
 (I) Sesame, Wheat and Rice: 12 Drugs
VOLUME 23 THE CATEGORY OF CEREALS
 (II) Millet: 18 Drugs
VOLUME 24 THE CATEGORY OF CEREALS
 (III) Beans: 14 Drugs
VOLUME 25 THE CATEGORY OF CEREALS
 (IV) Brewed and Prepared: 29 Drugs
VOLUME 26 THE CATEGORY OF VEGETABLES
 (I) Pungent: 32 Drugs
VOLUME 27 THE CATEGORY OF VEGETABLES
 (II) Soft and Slippery: 41 Drugs
VOLUME 28 THE CATEGORY OF VEGETABLES
 (III) Melons:l1 Drugs
 (IV)Aquatic Products: 6 Drugs
 (V)Fungi: 15 Drugs
VOLUME 29 THE CATEGORY OF FRUITS
 (I) Five Fruits: 11 Drugs
VOLUME 30 THE CATEGORY OF FRUITS
 (II) Mountain Fruits: 34 Drugs
VOLUME 31 THE CATEGORY OF FRUITS
 (III) Exotic Fruits: 31 Drugs
VOLUME 32 THE CATEGORY OF FRUITS
 (IV) Spices: 13 Drugs
VOLUME 33 THE CATEGORY OF FRUITS
 (V) Melons and Berries: 9 Drugs
 (VI)Aquatic Fruits: 6 Drugs
VOLUME 34 THE CATEGORY OF WOODS
 (I) Fragrant Woods: 35 Drugs
VOLUME 35 THE CATEGORY OF WOODS
 (II) Arbor Woods: 52 Drugs
VOLUME 36 THE CATEGORY OF WOODS
 (III) Bush Woods: 51 Drugs
VOLUME 37 THE CATEGORY OF WOODS
 (IV) Parasitic Woods: 12 Drugs
 (V) Bamboos: 4 Drugs
 (VI) Miscellaneous Woods: 7 Drugs
 Appendix: 19 Drugs
VOLUME 38 THE CATEGORY OF FABRICS AND UTENSILS
 (I)Fabrics: 25 Drugs
 (II)Utensils: 54 Drugs
VOLUME 39 THE CATEGORY OF INSECTS, WORMS AND AMPHIBIANS
  (I) Oviparous: 23 Drugs
VOLUME 40 THE CATEGORY OF INSECTS. WORMS AND AMPHIBIANS
 (II) Oviparous: 22 Drugs
VOLUME 41 THE CATEGORY OF INSECTS, WORMS AND AMPHIBIANS ..,
 (III) Incubated: 31 Drugs
VOLUME 42 THE CATEGORY OF INSECTS, WORMS AND AMPHIBIANS ...
 (IV) Amphibians and Worms: 23 Drugs
 Appendix: 7 Drugs
VOLUME 43 THE CATEGORY OF ANIMALS WITH SCALES
 (I) Dragons: 9 Drugs
 (II)Snakes: 17 Drugs
VOLUME 44 THE CATEGORY OF ANIMALS WITH SCALES
 (III) Fish: 31 Drugs
 (IV) Fish Without Scales: 28 Drugs
 Appendix: 9 Drugs
VOLUME 45 THE CATEGORY OF SHELLS
 (I) Tortoises and Turtles: 17 Drugs
VOLUME 46 THE CATEGORY OF SHELLS
 (II) Mussels and Clams: 29 Drugs
VOLUME 47 THE CATEGORY OF FOWLS
 (I) Aquatic Fowls: 23 Drugs
VOLUME 48 THE CATEGORY OF FOWLS
 (II) Land Fowls: 23 Drugs
VOLUME 49 THE CATEGORY OF FOWLS
 (III) Forest Fowls: 17 Drugs
 (IV)Mountain Fowls: 13 Drugs
 Appendix: 1 Drug
VOLUME 50 THE CATEGORY OF ANIMALS
 (I) Domestic Animals: 28 Drugs
VOLUME 51 THE CATEGORY OF ANIMALS
 (II) Wild Animals: 38 Drugs
 (Ill)Mice: 12 Drugs
 (IV)Others: 8 Drugs .
VOLUME 52 THE CATEGORY OF HUMANS
 (I) Humans: 37 Clauses
APPENDIXES
 APPENDIX ONE: Names of Drugs in English
 APPENDIX TWO: Names of Drugs in Latin
 APPENDIX THREE: Names of Drugs in Pinyin and Chinese Characters
 APPENDIX FOUR: Titles of Books in Pinyin and Chinese Characters
 APPENDIX FIVE: Names of Prescriptions in Pinyin and Chinese Characters.
 APPENDIX SIX: Names of Persons in Pinyin and Chinese Characters
 APPENDIX SEVEN: Names of Places in Pinyin and Chinese Characters
 APPENDIX EIGHT: Official Titles in Pinyin and Chinese Characters
CONTENTS(Volumes arranged according to the original Chinese edition)
BOOK II
VOLUME 5 The CATEGORY OF WATERS
 (I) Waters from Heaven: 13 Drugs
 (II) Waters from Earth: 30 Drugs
VOLUME 6 THE CATEGORY OF FIRES
11 Drugs
VOLUME 7 THE CATEGORY OF EARTH
61 Drugs
VOLUME 8 THE CATEGORY OF METALS, STONES AND MINERALS
 (I) Metals: 28 Drugs
(II) Jades: 14 Drugs
VOLUME 9 THE CATEGORY OF METALS, STONES AND MINERALS
 (m) Stones: 32 Drugs
VOLUME 10 THE CATEGORY OF METALS, STONES AND MINERALS
 (IV) Stones: 40 Drugs
VOLUME 11 THE CATEGORY OF METALS, STONES AND MINERALS
 (V) Halogens: 20 Drugs
Appendix: 27 Drugs
VOLUME 12 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (I) Mountain Herbs: 31 Drugs
VOLUME 13 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (II) Mountain Herbs: 39 Drugs
VOLUME 14 THE CATEGORY OF HERBS
 (III) Fragrant Herbs: 56 Drugs
Compendium of Materia Medica
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