本草

běn cǎo

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Definitions

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

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Words Containing 本草

• 新修本草 新修本草 xīn xiū běn cǎo: Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine
• 本草纲目 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 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 本 běn: root
• 草 草 cǎo: grass