Language: Bilingual in English and Chinese
This compilation is based on the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China, 2010 edition. In A Colored Identification Atlas of Chinese Materia Medica and Plants as Specified in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China, 491 common Chinese medicines are described and accompanied by over 2300 colour photographs of the source plants and their corresponding medicinal materials. Each photograph has been carefully selected so as to illustrate the habitat of the species, the morphology and key identification of both tne plants themselves and their corresponding authentic and typical medicinal materials. The professional combination of sound scientific information and high quality illustrations with clear and helpful captins enables the reader to easily identify the plants and medicines described. As such, A Colored Identification Atlas of Chinese Materia Medica and Plants as Specified in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China greatly enhances awareness of the importance of good botanical identification characters. Unlike many other reference books its popular and easy-to-understand style is likely to attract and become an invanuable reference work for all those engaged in medical research, practice, clinical trialling and taeching as well as industry and all suppliers of Chinese medicinal materials, including crude, processed and patent Chinese medicines, both at home and abroad.