Chinese herbal or plant extracts which are used as drugs to treat diseases or promote general well-being. The concept does not include synthesized compounds manufactured in China.
    

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Studien über den Pên-ts'ao kang-mu / von Gottfried Schramm.

Secrets of the Chinese herbalists / Richard Lucas ; plant drawings by Steven Talbot.

Dui yao : the art of combining Chinese medicinals / Philippe Sionneau ; translated by Bernard Côté.

An enumeration of Chinese materia medica / Shiu-ying Hu ; with editorial assistance from Y.C. Kong and Paul P.H. But.

Guerra a los boticarios chinos, 1856-1879 / Antonio Coello Rodríguez.

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Studien über den Pên-ts'ao kang-mu / von Gottfried Schramm.

Secrets of the Chinese herbalists / Richard Lucas ; plant drawings by Steven Talbot.

Dui yao : the art of combining Chinese medicinals / Philippe Sionneau ; translated by Bernard Côté.

An enumeration of Chinese materia medica / Shiu-ying Hu ; with editorial assistance from Y.C. Kong and Paul P.H. But.

Guerra a los boticarios chinos, 1856-1879 / Antonio Coello Rodríguez.