Shen Nong. The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica

USA: Blue Poppy Press, 2008.—217 p.
The ShenNong Ben Cno ling (The Diaine Fnrmer's Materia Medica Classic) is
one of the 10 premodern classics of Chinese medicine selected in the
People's Republic of China as nationwide research priorities within the
Chinese medical literature. Also referred to as the Shen Nong Ben ling, thte
Shen Nong Ben Cao, the Ben Cao ling, and simply the Ben ling, it is one of the
two most important of these 10 preeminent Chinese medical classics. The
Huang Di Nei ling (The Yellow Empero{s lnner Classic) is the locus classicus
of Chinese medical theory and especially acupuncture and moxibustiorl
while the Shen Nong Ben Cao ling is the locus classicus of so-called Chinese
herbal medicine. All the rest of the Chinese medical literature, both
premodern and contemporary, is built on the foundation of these two
seminal texts. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why we have
chosen to publish this first English language translation of. the ShenNong
Ben Cao ling as part of Blue Poppy Ptess's Great Masters Series.