Description: A literal yet elegant translation of one of the earliest and most important classics of Chinese medicine and natural science: the Shén Nóng Běncǎo Jīng 神農本草經 or "Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica." Compiled in the third century CE, it describes 365 natural substances and their effects on the human body.
Review Quotes:
"The Shén Nóng Běncǎo Jīng continues to be a major resource of classical inspiration for modern-day practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine. Sabine Wilms has accomplished the difficult task of producing a translation that is both academically meticulous and clinically useful!" Dr. Heiner Fruehauf