"Shen Nong's Materia Medica" is a pharmaceutical work compiled by Xu Dachun, a medical scientist in the Qing Dynasty. This book selects 100 major drugs and briefly annotates and explains them based on clinical practice experience. Xu Dachun briefly annotated and elaborated on these drugs based on clinical practice experience. By deducing the ancient herbal medicine theory of using drugs to correct the deviation of yin and yang, qi and blood in the human body, he conducted an in-depth analysis of the four qi and five flavors of drugs and their main therapeutic effects based on the yin and yang and five elements and the Xiangnu thinking of taking images and analogies.
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Excellent introductory book on herbal medicine
Every function of Shennong's Materia Medica is explained very clearly. It can be seen that Xu Lingtai has very solid theoretical knowledge.
Excellent introductory book on herbal medicine
Every function of Shennong's Materia Medica is explained very clearly. It can be seen that Xu Lingtai has very solid theoretical knowledge.