What are the books on food materia medica?

Edible Materia Medica is a collection of court hand-painted colorful books in Ming Dynasty (about AD 1550). Together with Compendium of Materia Medica, it is called two bright pearls in the treasure house of traditional medical culture in China, compiled by Lu He, a famous Chinese medicine practitioner in Ming Dynasty. A set of four volumes, nearly 50,000 words and 600 pages, vividly introduces the therapeutic, medicinal and health care values of nearly 400 kinds of edible medicinal materials that are common in ancient Chinese people's lives. The hardcover edition of Edible Materia Medica is an ancient book produced and published by Beijing Zaidao Culture Company, and it is a classic book of Chinese medicine.

Because the author of Edible Materia Medica has rich medical knowledge, the book is still a classic representative of dietotherapy works commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, which has a good social influence and is widely recognized by readers.

This set of books consists of 4 volumes, including 387 kinds of foods with medicinal value, including grain, vegetables, fruits, poultry, aquatic organisms, fish, animals, water, wine and spices, and 492 hand-drawn drawings. Handwritten in regular script with more than 50,000 words, it describes the origin, taste, function, usage and taboo respectively, involving a lot of knowledge about observing and using various creatures in ancient China, including records related to various folk customs and ancient customs, with a wide range of contents.