{"product_id":"ben-cao-gang-mu-volume-shizhen-li-9780520395152","title":"Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part a: Introduction, History, Pharmacology, Diseases and Suitable Pharmaceutical Drugs I","description":"Volume I is divided into two parts. Part A of volume 1 in the \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e series offers a translation of chapters 1 and 2 and portions of chapter 3. Chapters 1 and 2 are devoted to introducing the history of materia medica. Chapter 3 is devoted to pharmaceutical drugs for diseases. Chapter 3 is continued, along with chapter 4, in part B of volume I. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e 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 U. Unschuld's annotated translation of the \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shizhen Li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520395158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520395152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.80w x 1.70d","brand":"Shizhen Li","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45180739354879,"sku":"9780520395152","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e971b2bd-bae1-46cf-b600-4cd7b2c76157.jpg?v=1712898556","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ben-cao-gang-mu-volume-shizhen-li-9780520395152","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}