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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Label Occurrences
Bencao Gangmu canonical 2
Compendium of Materia Medica 2
本草綱目 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese pharmacopeia ⓘ
Ming dynasty work ⓘ
medical encyclopedia ⓘ
natural history encyclopedia ⓘ
author Li Shizhen ⓘ
century 16th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
dateOfCompletion 1578 ⓘ
dynasty Ming dynasty ⓘ
field materia medica ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
traditional Chinese medicine ⓘ
firstPrintedEdition late 16th century ⓘ
hasGenre materia medica compendium ⓘ
hasNotableFeature integration of medical and natural history observations ⓘ
systematic classification of medicinal substances ⓘ
includes citations of earlier medical texts ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Japanese Kampo medicine ⓘ
Korean traditional medicine ⓘ
Vietnamese traditional medicine ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
numberOfEntries 1892 ⓘ
numberOfIllustrations over 1100 ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 52 ⓘ
originalTitleScript 本草綱目 ⓘ
linked to: Bencao Gangmu
periodOfCompilation over 30 years ⓘ
recognizedAs classic of traditional Chinese medicine ⓘ
landmark in Chinese pharmacology ⓘ
structure 16 divisions ⓘ
60 categories ⓘ
subjectMatter animal-derived drugs ⓘ
botanical drugs ⓘ
dietary therapy ⓘ
hygiene ⓘ
medicinal substances ⓘ
mineral drugs ⓘ
preparation methods ⓘ
processing of medicines ⓘ
therapeutic indications ⓘ
toxicology ⓘ
titleTranslation Compendium of Materia Medica ⓘ

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Li Shizhen → notableWork → Bencao Gangmu ⓘ
Li Shizhen → notableWork → Compendium of Materia Medica ⓘ
subject linked to: Binhu
linked to: Bencao Gangmu
Compendium of Materia Medica → titleInChineseCharacters → 本草綱目 ⓘ
linked to: Bencao Gangmu
Bencao Gangmu → originalTitleScript → 本草綱目 ⓘ
linked to: Bencao Gangmu
Shizhen → associatedWithWork → Compendium of Materia Medica ⓘ
linked to: Bencao Gangmu