The Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica, Shen Nong Bencao Jing - 3rd Edition - Softcover

Wilms, Sabine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 099134295X ISBN 13: 9780991342952

Publisher: Happy Goat Productions, 2017

Synopsis

This long-awaited English translation and critical edition of The Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica by well-known medical historian and translator Dr. Sabine Wilms is a product of her triple engagement with the worlds of applied Chinese medicine, academic sinology, and sustainable agriculture. This bilingual edition features the classical Chinese next to the English translation. The 365 substances covered are categorized in three books, associated with Heaven, Humanity, and Earth respectively. Coming from the perspective of alchemy and the pursuit of health and longevity, treating disease and expelling pathogens by ingesting substances that have a strong directly-discernible effect on the body is viewed as the lowest goal. By contrast, the higher-ranked medicinals often have no discernible effect when ingested, but especially when taken over long periods of time have such ambitious and intangible goals as connecting the human spirit to heaven, lightening the body, or staving off aging. The information contained in this book and the vision of the world and of the effect of natural substances on the human body expressed here are bound to inspire any practitioner of the Chinese art of "nurturing life".

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Review

"The Shén Nóng Běncǎo Jīng continues to be a major resource of classical inspiration for modern-day practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine. Sabine Wilms has accomplished the difficult task of producing a translation that is both academically meticulous and clinically useful!" Dr. Heiner Fruehauf 

Edition details

• Publisher: Happy Goat Productions
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 099134295X
• ISBN 13: 9780991342952
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592