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Common Chinese Materia Medica

Volume 10

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  • Includes almost all of the traditional medicines commonly used in China

  • Covers the trait functions and their medical uses

  • The same structure and figure layout in each medicinal herb

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About this book

This tenth volume records 5 species of resin, 74 species of animals, 41 species of minerals and fossils. There are resins such as Liquidambar orientalis, Commiphore myrrha, Boswellia carterii, Garcinia hanburyi; animals such as Solenognathus hardwickii, , Cervus nippon, Scolopendra subspinipes, Cryptotympana pustulata, Agkistrodon acutus, Bombyx mori, Collocalia esculenta, Moschus moschiferus, Hippocampus kelloggi, Gekko gekko; minerals and fossils such as mercury, gypsum, alum, mirabilite, cinnabar, actinolite, calomel, keel, dens draconis, lithodes, fossilia spiriferis.

In each specie, it introduces the scientific names, medicinal names, morphologies, habitats, distributions, acquisition and processing methods of these medicinal plants, the content of medicinal properties, therapeutic effects, usage and dosage of these medicinal plants, and attaches unedited color pictures and pictures of part herbal medicines of each species.

This book series has 10 volumes in total, which covers over 2000 kinds of Chinese medicines that are commonly used. These volumes not only introduce the efficacy function and some prescriptions of the medicines, but also introduce the biological characteristics of them in detail with clear photos of the habitats, so that readers can identify them in the field. Apart from the growing environment, the books expound the distribution areas and other information to facilitate researches and other applications. The volumes are targeted at readers of general interests and it is also of high referential value for scientific researcher and teachers.  It can be used as a guide to researchers, clinical doctors, and students in the department of pharmaceutics and traditional Chinese medicine.

Editors and Affiliations

  • South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

    Huagu Ye, Feiyan Zeng

  • Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited, Guangzhou, China

    Chuyuan Li

  • Coll Pharm, Jinan Univ, Guangzhou, China

    Wencai Ye

About the editors

Editor Huagu Ye is a professor from South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.

Editor Chuyuan Li is from Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited, Guangzhou, China.

Editor Wencai Ye is a professor from the College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

Editor Feiyan Zeng is from South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Common Chinese Materia Medica

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 10

  • Editors: Huagu Ye, Chuyuan Li, Wencai Ye, Feiyan Zeng

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5924-9

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Chemical Industry Press 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5923-2Published: 19 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5926-3Published: 20 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-5924-9Published: 01 January 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 219

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 255 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pharmacy, Medicine/Public Health, general, Plant Sciences

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