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Chen Xiuyuan Shennong Bencao Jing Du

By Chen Xiuyuan

Year: 1803 Language: Chinese
Topics: Chinese Medicine, Classical Texts, Materia Medica
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Chen Xiuyuan’s reading and commentary on the Shennong Bencao Jing, the foundational materia medica of Chinese medicine.

The Shennong Bencao Jing Du (神農本草經讀, “Reading of the Divine Farmer’s Classic of Materia Medica”) by Chen Xiuyuan, written in 1803, is a scholarly commentary on the oldest Chinese materia medica text. Chen Xiuyuan brings clarity and clinical insight to the cryptic classical entries. Edited and arranged for the Herb Whisperer Digital Library by Thomas Avery Garran, PhD.

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