Chinese herbology
The Compendium of Materia Medica or Bencao Gangmu () is a Chinese herbology volume written by Li Shizhen during the Ming dynasty; its first draft was completed in 1578 and printed in Nanjing in 1596. It is a work that lists the "materia medica" of Chinese medicine known at the time. It lists plants, animals, minerals, that were believed to have medicinal properties.