Chinese herbal medicines.
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HISTORY Since the emperor Shen Nong tasted 100 herbs and taught the Chinese people how to use them in diet and therapy, herbal medicine has been an integral part of Chinese culture and medical practice. Descriptions of herbal therapy occur in the earliest texts that discuss Chinese medical practice. The traditional Chinese materia medica includes minerals and animal parts as well as herbs. Later materia medicae represented expanded inquiries into the range of pharmacologically active substances available to the Chinese. In the 1977 Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese MeSummary points
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Western journal of medicine
دوره 176 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002