本草

běncǎo
  1. a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
  2. Chinese materia medica

CEDICT

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) materia medica
  2. materia medica

Wiktionary

  1. 我國古代記載藥物的著作。因以草類居多，故稱為「本草」。
  2. 神農本草經的簡稱。參見「神農本草經」條。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 本 běn
  1. (bound form) root; stem
  2. (bound form) origin; source
  3. (bound form) one's own; this
  4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
  5. (bound form) original
  6. (bound form) inherent
  7. originally; initially
  8. capital; principal
  9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
=2 草 cǎo variant of 草 cǎo
=2 草 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: 棵, 撮, 株, 根

Containing this entry

新修本草 Xīnxiūběncǎo Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine
本草綱目 Běncǎo Gāngmù Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍 Lǐ Shízhēn
神農本草經 Shénnóng Běncǎo Jīng Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
神農本草經 Shénnóng Běncǎojīng