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 Herbal Medicine:
Herbalism is a traditional medicinal or folk medicine practice based on the use of plants and plant extracts. Herbalism is also known as botanical medicine, medical herbalism, herbal medicine, herbology, and phytotherapy. Sometimes the scope of herbal medicine is extended to include fungi and bee products, as well as minerals, shells and certain animal parts.
Many plants synthesize substances that are useful to the maintenance of health in humans and other animals. These include aromatic substances, most of which are phenols or their oxygen-substituted derivatives such as tannins. Many are secondary metabolites, of which at least 12,000 have been isolated — a number estimated to be less than 10% of the total. In many cases, these substances (particularly the alkaloids) serve as plant defense mechanisms against predation by microorganisms, insects, and herbivores. Many of the herbs and spices used by humans to season food yield useful medicinal compounds. |
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Shengnong , God of Agriculture. |
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China Herbal Medicine Bible
Compendium of Materia Medica
:Li Shizhen
The only English edition of the ancient masterpiece on traditional Chinese medicine
Considered one of the key achievements of ancient Chinese civilization for its wealth of information on medicine, mineralogy, botany, zoology, and natural science – Compendium of Materia Medica covers the long period between remote antiquity and the Ming Dynasty when the book was first published in 1593.
To fill the void and make accessible to Western readers the full knowledge contained in this great scientific encyclopedia of China the Foreign Languages Press is now pleased to present the first full English translation of the entire Compendium of Materia Medica. |
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