Li Shizhen
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Li Shizhen, courtesy name Dongbi, was a Chinese acupuncturist, herbalist, naturalist, pharmacologist, physician, and writer of the Ming dynasty. He is the author of a 27-year work, the Compendium of M
An illustration of Li Shizhen
A statue of Li Shizhen found at Peking University Health Science Center
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Chinese herbology
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Chinese herbology or Chinese materia medica is the theory of traditional Chinese pharmacotherapy, which accounts for the majority of treatments in traditional Chinese medicine. It is analogous to othe
Li Shizhen
…was destroyed during World War II) – several new editions and numerous translations have been made throughout the centuries. In 1959, it was replaced. Chinese herbology Traditional Chinese medicine…
Dried herbs and plant portions for Chinese herbology at a Xi'an market
Chinese pharmacopoeia
A traditional Chinese herbal decoction (湯劑/汤剂)
Dried seahorses like these are extensively used in traditional medicine in China and elsewhere.