Compendium of Materia Medica is also helpful to medical research. The book records some precious medical historical materials. Such as lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning, clonorchiasis and other diseases were recorded for the first time; The earliest recorded medical technologies include ice compress to reduce fever and steam disinfection. Li Shizhen also creatively put forward the viewpoint that "the brain is the home of the Yuan God", and thought that the brain is the gathering place of spiritual consciousness, which is basically consistent with modern medicine.
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Compendium of Materia Medica has many versions. Except for various foreign language versions or abridged versions, there are about 72 kinds in China, which can be roughly divided into "one ancestor and three systems", namely, the ancestral version (Jinling version, Sheyuan version) and the Jiangxi version, the former version and the Zhang version. This system in Jiangxi was mainly carved for Xia Liangxin and Zhang Dingsi in the 31st year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1603).
The Qianben system is mainly aimed at the engraving of Liuyou Hall in Hangzhou by Qian Wei in the 13th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1640), and the copying of Sikuquanshu from Qianlong to Qianlong in Wu Yuchang Taihe Tang Ben in the 12th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1655). The Zhangben system is mainly an engraving of Wei Gu Zhai in Nanjing written by Zhang Shaotang in the 11th year of Guangxu reign (1885). The Jiangxi edition and the previous edition were searched, and more than ten pictures were added after redrawing the drug map, with the addendum to Compendium of Materia Medica. 1957 people's health publishing house photocopied this book according to Zhang Ben, and the latest version is Liu Hengru's proofreading book published by people's health publishing house 1977 and Jinling book published by Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House 1993.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Compendium of Materia Medica (Classic of Traditional Chinese Medicine)