《本草纲目》(The Compendium of Materia Medica)是明代著名的医学家李时珍所著。这部著作近乎200万字，记载药物(medical substance) 1892种。除了中草药（Chinese herbal medicine)，该书也包含了动物和矿物质作为药物的记载。《本草纲目》堪称中医史上最完整的医书，对各种药物的名称、气味、形态等都做了详尽的介绍。它被翻译成20多种语言并在全世界广为流传。即便现在，人们还常常将它用作医学参考书。
《本草纲目》(The Compendium of Materia Medica)是明代著名的医学家李时珍所著。这部著作近乎200万字，记载药物(medical substance) 1892种。除了中草药（Chinese herbal medicine)，该书也包含了动物和矿物质作为药物的记载。《本草纲目》堪称中医史上最完整的医书，对各种药物的名称、气味、形态等都做了详尽的介绍。它被翻译成20多种语言并在全世界广为流传。即便现在，人们还常常将它用作医学参考书。
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The Compendium of Materia Medica was written by Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty. With nearly 2 million words, The Compendium of Materia Medica recorded 1,892 kinds of medical substances. In spite of Chinese herbal medicine, the book also included animals and minerals as medical substances. The Compendium of Materia Medica is regarded as the most complete medical book in the history of traditional Chinese medicine. All the medical substances are introduced in detail, including their name, smell, appearance and so on. It has been translated into over 20 languages and spreads all over the world. Even now, it is still used as a reference book in medicine.