Materia Medica Illustrated, also known as Materia Medica Illustrated, is an ancient Chinese medicine book. Song (1020-110/year). *** 20 volumes. Directory 1 volume. This book was written in 106 1 year. This book is an atlas of materia medica in counties of China, compiled with reference to various theories.
Su Song, together with contemporary pharmacologists, Lin Bu and other editors, supplemented Jia You's Supplement to Materia Medica, revised and published Fang and Shennong's Materia Medica, and compiled 21 volumes of Materia Medica Illustrated on this basis.
About the author:
Su Song (1020 65438+February10-165438+June 18) was born in Tongan County, Quanzhou, Fujian Road, and later moved to Danyang County, Runzhou. China was an official in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, an outstanding astronomer, astronomical machinery manufacturer and pharmacologist.
Su Song is well-read, and is proficient in the theory of Nine Flows History, as well as algorithms, local chronicles, mountain classics, materia medica, exegesis and temperament. He led the manufacture of the world's oldest astronomical clock "water transport instrument", which opened the precedent of modern clock escapement.
Because of his outstanding contribution to science and technology, especially medicine and astronomy, he is called "one of the greatest naturalists and scientists in ancient and medieval China". There are some works handed down from generation to generation, such as Materia Medica, New Instruments, Elephant Method and Official Documents of Su and Wei. Modern people have the complete works of Su Song.