běn
cǎo

technical
archaic

Meaning of 本草

本草 means ancient term for Chinese medicinal herbs/pharmaceuticals; Chinese materia medica. Pronounced běn cǎo.

  • ancient term for Chinese medicinal herbs/pharmaceuticals; Chinese materia medica

Definitions & Examples

 
běn
cǎo
gāng
 
shì
Míng
dài
Shí
zhēn
biān
xiě
de
wěi
de
yào
xué
zhù
zuò
 

The Compendium of Materia Medica is a great pharmaceutical work compiled by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhè
ge
fāng
zi
cān
kǎo
le
duō
běn
cǎo
 

This prescription was formulated with reference to many ancient materia medica texts.

Zhè
běn
shū
zhǔ
yào
jiǎng
de
shì
běn
cǎo
zhī
shi
 

This medical book primarily deals with knowledge of herbal medicine.