神農本草

"Shen Nong's Materia Medica", also known as "Materia Medica" or "Ben Jing", was written under the name "Shen Nong" and was actually written in the Han Dynasty. It is one of the four classic works of Chinese medicine and the earliest existing work on Chinese medicine. The book "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" is divided into three volumes and contains 365 kinds of medicines. It is classified into upper, middle and lower grades according to the classification of three grades. The text is simple and simple, which has become the essence of traditional Chinese medicine theory. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" records the curative effect of 365 kinds of medicines, most of which are true and reliable, and are still commonly used in clinical medicine; it proposes the idea of ​​medicine based on differentiation of symptoms and signs. The medicines can be adapted to more than 170 kinds of diseases, and the dosage and time of medicine are specific. Regulations, this also played a foundational role in traditional Chinese medicine. [1]
According to legend, it originated from the Shennong family and passed on from generation to generation. It was assembled and organized into a book in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The book was not one time, and the author was not the same person. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, many medical scientists collected, summarized, and compiled monographs on the achievements of pharmacology at that time. This is the first systematic summary of Chinese traditional medicine. Most of the theories and compatibility rules of Chinese pharmacy as well as the principle of "Seven Emotions and Harmony" have played a huge role in the medication practice for thousands of years, and are the source of the development of the pharmacology of Chinese medicine.