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    The medical experts excellence of Ming LiShiZhen (1518-1593) the compendium of materia medica compilation is the biggest influence in the world, the earliest create plant taxonomy, compilation of materia medica works. Detail

    Compendium of materia medica reference books written by the very many. According to some statistics he cite the classics, according to the "intensive 758 unknown farmers nursery nearness son history, medical prevert the home" yuefu astrological, nearly 800 when Jane has read, the grain q ", "spirit" and "difficult barnado unperfercted parts by", "by", "east of walls try effect party ancient books home 277; BenCaoXue classics 84 enterprises, lead according to "said wen jie zi"), the word (xu said "(wang anshi)," courtyard "(sima guang) by history and 4.4 home; Quote the correlation of article 151 of home. As compendium of materia medica ZiXu contained: "fishing and hunting group of books, scouring 100 surname".

    LiShiZhen for clear drug origin, form, he personally to indomitable and collect all kinds of things around interview specimens. From the 1552 years began writing, a kremlin 35, and mobilize the whole family, including four sons and four grandchildren, and his disciples, the students involved in writing and edited. After 27 years of efforts, in 1578 the complete this a 190 million words again after the first draft, opus did three times after ten years before modification and reweave, totaling more than 40 years, in AD in 1596 (the wanli twenty-four years) when Jane died three years after publication.

    Compendium of materia medica TangShen micro "card is chief of materia" and absorbed the root of Chinese magnoliavine was ranked, the famous doctors don't record ", "tang materia" and other relevant work achievement, with his experience in machining, finishing a pharmaceutical masterpiece. Books for each drug producing area, sexual flavour, shape, sampling method, processing process, pharmacological research, formula cooperate all pay narrative. Especially in drug classification the post-mortem clan, area category, vibration method, the key link, points from inorganic to aim higher, from low until the organic, order is: water, fire, earth, metal, grass, valley, food, fruit, wood, clothing machine, bug, descaling, dielectric, birds and beasts, people, each department and distributes 16 department, were several types of 62 classes. This GangJuMuZhang hankering to outline the item, classification method, at the time the world is the most progressive. The book of botany, plant taxonomy of research work, make a big contribution than western plant taxonomy created man Sweden's naturalist Linnaeus's "natural systems" (1,735) proposed plant taxonomy early in 157.

     Compendium of materia medica evolutionist idea in the book, it has about animals, according to the classification by low to high evolutionary sequence. LiShiZhen has realized the adaptability of organisms on the environment, and puts forward some animals "MaoXie ever-green, color and taiyuan wufang". Meanwhile, known characteristics of using biological adapt to the environment of artificial breeding and improved varieties. LiShiZhen and observed animals related variation and suddenly mutation commonly phenomena, such as the bone, tongue are black, breeding goldfish color can suddenly changes, etc. Darwin in its work cites compendium of materia medica of data.

     Compendium of materia medica for 52 volumes, drug-loading 1892 species, including a new drug, 374 for three kinds of plants, animal drugs of chiral drugs, minerals, 443 of 355. First, illustrations 11096 attached party 11.6 picture. The book also attaches great importance to pharmacological research. For some drugs really curative effect, such as pointed out to make the conclusion Qin researcher for syphilis, soil fumaric but pain, supplying multinational oems' divisions have cut destiny, ShiJunZi, cranes lice role, ray pills have insecticidal function, etc. Meanwhile the book also has criticized some unreasonable legend, recorded as ever take feed mercury, XiongHuang can become immortal, JinDan "take feed" can go on forever, lee's not only theoretically, and points out that disprove take feed harmfulness. And as the son of "grass variable fish," "horse fine into ground into lock Yang" statement, through actual observation etc, are correct, points out that the fish is ceviar institutionalized, lock Yang is a plant.

    In the book LiShiZhen corrected predecessors in the book some errors materia medica. As a medicine that self-identifications two stars, tiger south made corrections; palm The mistake is blue grass, are for orchids; The mistake is lily positive for volume Dan; TianHuaFen, this is a withering; the root and fruit plants, the past but draw into two different plants, carries out a correct; The mistake the ginger, as grasses, d. nipponica in vegetables to points. Compendium of materia medica also for inorganic drug chemistry and distillation, teh, precipitation and expounds burning technology.

     Compendium of materia medica shortly after the book into JinLingHu 1590 years in ChengLong signet, by sequence, by wang shizhen be in in 1596 formally published and publication. This is the book of the earliest KeBen. Now, Shanghai library has the book, then the book repeatedly line reprint. If the annual compendium of materia medica 1603 again by conscience, in jiangxi ZhangDingSi heavy summer hour. 165.5 years (clear) the qiantang WuYuChang twelve shunzhi copy again. Compendium of materia medica so far more than 30 kinds of KeBen in the country.

     Compendium of materia medica not only domestically, but also have a profound effect on the international had great influence. In 1608 A.D., compendium of materia medica LinDaoChun first by a Japanese scholar is introduced into Japan, Japan in 1637. This publication of re-print In 1783, the small by Japan and LanShan translated into "a herbalist translation of the day with comments said translation publishing. In 1929 Japan night light is too well in accordance with jinling edition, translation brown grass for the kingdom version 15 medica book. The book caused the advent of vibration of Japan for Japan, medical, pharmaceutical botany and produced great impact. In Japan research 'compendium of materia medica' books have nine kinds, and write a lot TuBen and XiuZhenBen match. Till today in Japan for compendium of materia medica still treasure. 1647 poles BuMi case will compendium of materia medica translated as "Chinese plants in 1657 years of the zuyongdiao published in Latin. In 1735 in Paris, France in China published by the age which have French political records "the compendium of materia medica several volumes, also in Britain have two compendium of materia medica English versions were popular. According to not complete count, compendium of materia medica in the world have Latin, French, German, English, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, important hangul version of eight words spread. Be known throughout the world as' eastern medicine giant Canon '. The famous British biologists, the founder of the evolution of human origins in Darwin, in his book, still straight is called it "the encyclopedia" in ancient China.

     Compendium of materia medica was a groundbreaking science book, is China's 16th century before the BenCaoXue comprehensively summarizes that reflects the our country medical experts and working people's outstanding wisdom, is our country history extremely magnificent the fruits and a treasure trove of medicine is extremely rare heritage.