本草书 meaning in English
chinese materia medica
herbal medicine
herbal science
Examples
- The first of these in the field of botany were the herbals .
在植物学领域，这些最早的著作是本草书。 - “the shen nong ben cao jing " , written more than 2000 years ago , was the earliest book on materia medica in the world. recorded in the book are over 300 kinds of animals , plants , and minerals used for medication .
中国的《神农本草经》是世界上最古的本草书。