Shennong_Ben_Cao_Jing
Shennong Bencaojing
3rd century Chinese medical text
Shennong Bencaojing (also Classic of the Materia Medica or Shen-nong's Herbal Classics[1] and Shen-nung Pen-tsao Ching; traditional Chinese: 神農本草經; simplified Chinese: 神农本草经; pinyin: Shénnóng Běncǎo Jīng; Wade–Giles: Shen2-nung2 Pen3-ts'ao3 Ching1) is a Chinese book on agriculture and medicinal plants, traditionally attributed to Shennong. Researchers believe the text is a compilation of oral traditions, written between about 206 BC and 220 AD.[2][1][3] The original text no longer exists, but is said to have been composed of three volumes containing 365 entries on medicaments and their description.
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