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elib.tech Exclusive and part of a Group Buy… sharing elsewhere will result in being banned!Brought to you by theGB status -ClosedGB thread – Here Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) by Shixiu Li 4398 pages  http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/7119032607/ref=olp_produc…Ben Cao Gang Mu (《本草纲目》 (Compendium of Materia Medica)) is is the most complete and comprehensive medical book ever written in the history of traditional Chinese medicine. Compiled and written by LI Shi-zhen (1518~1593), a medical expert of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) over a period of 27 years. The first draft was completed in 1578 when Ming China was at its imperial heydayThe compendium lists, analyses and describes all the plants, animals, minerals, and other objects that were believed to have medicinal properties. The compendium in effect epitomizes the pharmaceutical achievements and developments of East Asia before the 16th century. On the basis of his predecessors’ achievements in the pharmacological studies, Li contributed further by supplementing and rectifying many past mistakes and misconception as regards the nature of many medicinal substances and causes of various illnesses. The compendium in fact heralds the dawning of modern pharmacological studies.CONTENTSVOLUME 1 – GENERAL INTRODUCTION: SOURCES AND THEORETICAL BASIS. VOLUME 2 – GENERAL INTRODUCTION VOLUME 3 –  DRUGS FOR TREATING A HUNDRED DISEASESVOLUME 4 – DRUGS FOR TREATING A HUNDRED DISEASESVOLUME 5 -THE CATEGORY OF WATERS (I) Waters from Heaven: 13 Drugs (II) Waters from Earth: 30 DrugsVOLUME 6 – THE CATEGORY OF FIRES 11 DrugsVOLUME 7 – THE CATEGORY OF EARTH 61 DrugsVOLUME 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 DrugsVOLUME 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 DrugsVOLUME 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: 9Product details    Hardcover: 4398 pages    Publisher: Foreign Languages Press (1 Jan 2004)    Language: English    ISBN-10: 7119032607