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OverviewVolume II in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 5 through 11, devoted to waters, fires, soils, metals, jades, stones, minerals, and salts. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Li Shizhen , Paul U. UnschuldPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Volume: 2 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.315kg ISBN: 9780520379893ISBN 10: 0520379896 Pages: 906 Publication Date: 02 February 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Prolegomena. 1.1 History of Chinese materia medica literature. 1.2 Structure and contents of the Ben cao gang mu. 1.3 Biographical sketch of Li Shizhen (1518 – 1593). 2. Notes on the Translation. 3. Wang Shizhen’s preface of 1590. 4. Translation of the Ben cao gang mu 本草綱目. Chapters 5 - 11. Section Waters. Chapter 5 Group I: Waters of Heaven Group II: Waters of the Earth Section Fires. Chapter 6 Section Soils. Chapter 7 Section Metals and Stones. Chapter 8 Group I: Metals Group II: Jades Section Stones. Chapter 9 Group III: Stones Chapter 10: Section of Stones Group IV: Stones Section Stones. Chapter 11 Group V: Salt Stones/Minerals Appendix 5. Weights and measures. 5.1 Measures of capacity. 5.2 Measures of weight. 5.3 Measures of length. 5.4 Measures of the size of pills. 6. Appendix Pharmaceutical Substances of Plant Origin mentioned in BCGM ch 5 – 11 in passing. By Ulrike UnschuldReviewsAuthor InformationPaul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director at the Institute for Chinese Life Sciences, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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