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Famine foods

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Famine foods

8 images from works
  • Ming herbal (painting): Tricosanthes
  • Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Bromegrass
  • Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Edible amaranth
  • Ming herbal:
  • Ming herbal (painting): Ciliate desert grass
  • Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Lotus root
  • Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Adsuki bean
  • Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Preface

Works from the collections

8 works

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Preface

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Ming herbal:

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Lotus root

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Bromegrass

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Ming herbal (painting): Ciliate desert grass

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Related topics

Medicine, Chinese Traditional
TCM

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