Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VI Globalization 'A gripping

'A gripping

Brilliantly illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist LeUyen Pham

ruler of the underworld

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VI Globalization 'A grippingVolume VI in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 26 through 33, devoted to vegetables and fruits. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (15181593). The culmination of a sixteen hundred year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of