{"id":2394,"date":"2012-02-12T17:56:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T21:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/?page_id=2394"},"modified":"2014-01-01T19:25:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T23:25:48","slug":"bencaogangmu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/kampo-and-chinese-medicine-classics\/bencaogangmu\/","title":{"rendered":"Bencaogangmu"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds0--><p>Compendium of Materia Medica<\/p>\n<p>\u672c\u8349\u7db1\u76ee<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author<\/strong>: Li Shizhen<\/p>\n<p>\u674e\u6642\u73cd<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year<\/strong>: 1596<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country<\/strong>: China<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2395\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2395\" title=\"Compendium of Materia Medica\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0344-Shanghai.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0344-Shanghai.jpg 450w, https:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0344-Shanghai-143x150.jpg 143w, https:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0344-Shanghai-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Compendium of Materia Medica, Shanghai TCM Museum, Shanghai, China<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2398\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2398\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2398\" title=\"Compendium of Materia Medica 2\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0218-Nakatomi.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0218-Nakatomi.jpg 450w, https:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0218-Nakatomi-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0218-Nakatomi-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Compendium of Materia Medica (Honzokomoku), Nakatomi Memorial Museum of Medicine, Saga, Japan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bencaogangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica) was written by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).<\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<p>It is a voluminous work of Chinese pharmacology which took Li Shizhen 26 years to complete. Composed of 52 volumes with 16 parts, 62 classes, and over 1.9 million characters, the book includes 1,892 kinds of herbs, 11,096 pieces of prescriptions and 1,160 medicinal illustrations. It lists all the plants, animals, minerals, and other items that were believed to have medicinal properties.<\/p>\n<div class=\"1105701a103637095f64f2405c549ac8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3630309833918220\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2018820141\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The book was circulated in Japan at the beginning of Edo period (17<sup>th<\/sup> century), and influenced the advancement of biology, pharmacology and Kampo medicine in general.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Li Shizhen - Author of Compendium of Materia Medica\" onmouseup=\"hl2l(event);\" alt=\"Li Shizhen\" src=\"http:\/\/kampo.ca\/herbs-formulas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Li-Shizhen.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"578\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stature of Li Shizhen, in the front of his Thomb, in Qichun, Hubei Province in China<\/p><\/div>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compendium of Materia Medica \u672c\u8349\u7db1\u76ee &nbsp; Author: Li Shizhen \u674e\u6642\u73cd &nbsp; Year: 1596 &nbsp; Country: China Bencaogangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica) was written by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). 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