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本草

běn cǎo

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Definitions

  1. 1. a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
  2. 2. Chinese materia medica

Words Containing 本草

新修本草
xīn xiū běn cǎo

Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine

本草纲目
běn cǎo gāng mù

Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[lǐ shí zhēn]

神农本草经
shén nóng běn cǎo jīng

Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls

Child Words of 本草

本
běn

root

草
cǎo

grass