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Compendium of Materia Medica
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The Compendium of Materia Medica or Bencao Gangmu (本草纲目) is a Chinese herbology volume written by Li Shizhen during the Ming dynasty; its first draft was completed in 1578 and printed in Nanjing in 1596. It is a work that lists the materia medica of Chinese medicine known at the time. It lists plants, animals, minerals, that were believed to have medicinal properties.
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original title: 本草綱目
language: Classical Chinese
date of publication: 1578 or 1596
genre: pharmacopoeia
