Top 10 classics on traditional Chinese medicine
十大中醫經典著作
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File photo: Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica)
資料圖片：《本草綱目》 |
| 5. Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica) |
5. 《本草綱目》 |
| The "Bencao Gangmu," also known as "Compendium of Materia Medica," is a Chinese medicine work written by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is regarded as the most complete and comprehensive medical book ever written in the history of TCM, as well as the one contributing the most to the pharmacy in the Ming Dynasty. |
《本草綱目》，藥學著作，明代（1368年－1644年）李時珍撰。該書被認為是中國中醫歷史上最齊全、綜合性最強的一本醫學書籍，是明代對藥學貢獻最大的本草著作。 |
| Composed of 52 volumes with over 1.9 million characters, the book includes 1,892 kinds of medicaments, 11,096 pieces of prescriptions and 1,160 illustrations. It lists all the plants, animals, minerals, and other items that were believed to have medicinal properties. |
全書共52卷，190多萬字，載有藥物1892種，收集醫方11096個，繪制精美插圖1160幅。書中列出了有醫療效用的所有植物、動物、礦物和其他事物。 |
| Based on the previous achievements on materia medica, Li completed and published the book in 1590 after conducting researches of 800 other medical reference books and carrying out field study for a few dozens of years. The book corrected many mistakes and misapprehensions of the nature of herbs and diseases, improved the classification of how traditional medicine was compiled and formatted, mentioned the ideas of advanced biology evolution, and reflected the rich experience of clinical practices. |
本書刊于1590年，是作者在總結以前本草學成就的基礎上，閱讀800本醫學參考書籍、實地考察數十年后編成的一部巨著。書中不僅糾正了過去對于本草屬性和疾病的認識方面的若干錯誤，提出了較科學的藥物分類方法，融入先進的生物進化思想，并反映了豐富的臨床實踐。 |
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