Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part B

Volume I is divided into two parts. Part B of volume I in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a translation of portions of chapter 3 and the complete chapter 4, devoted to pharmaceutical drugs for diseases. This volume is a continuation of volume I, part A. The first portion of chapter 3 is found in part A.

The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural...