An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica

• 1: Introduction2: Herbs with Illustrations3: Appendix with Additional Herbs4: Selected Bibliography5: Glossary6: Latin (Pharmaceutical) Name Index7: English Name Index

"Jing-Nuan Wu's An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica provides an accessible and useful definitive reference on Chinese herbal medicine. It gives an understanding of the theories and history of the subject along with superb illustrations accompanied by thorough write-ups on plants. I rate this as the best book on the subject and have long recognized the inspired work of Jing-Nuan Wu." --Holly Shimizu, Executive Director of the United States BotanicGarden"An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica should be in the library of anyone interested in traditional Chinese medicines. It covers the major Chinese medicinal materials in terms of theory and practice and is beautifully illustrated with drawings of each material discussed." --Norman R. Farnsworth, University of Illinois at Chicago"This is an extraordinary illustrated collection of Chinese herbs accompanied by concise and expert comments. Jing-Nuan Wu has succeeded in compiling this most unique and informative book." --Koji Nakanishi, Columbia University"Jing-Nuan Wu's An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica provides an accessible and useful definitive reference on Chinese herbal medicine. It gives and understanding of the theories and history of the subject along with superb illustrations accompanied by thorough write-ups on plants. I rate this as the best book on the subject and have long recognized the inspired work of Jing-Nuan Wu." --Holly Shimizu, Executive Director of the United StatesBotanic Garden"An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica should be in the library of anyone interested in traditional Chinese medicines in terms of theory and practice and is beautifully illustrated with drawings of each material discussed." --Norman R. Farnsworth, University of Illinois at Chicago"This is an extraordinary illustrated collection of Chinese herbs accompanied by concise and expert comments. Jing-Nuan Wu has succeeded in compiling this most unique and informative book." Koji Nakanishi, Columbia University