běn​cǎo

pharmacopoeia

本草 běn​cǎo
pharmacopoeia
an ancient book on Chinese herbal medicine; Chinese materia medica
Chinese medicine
(literary) Chinese herbal medicine; so called because the majority of ingredients are derived from plants
Shennong Bencao Jing
an abbreviation for the 神农本草经 shén​nóng​běn​cǎo​jīng (Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica)

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