title: [Study on Shi Zhenduo's Ben cao bu (Supplemented materia medica)].
abstract: Being called "precursor of pharmacy imported from the west" by Fan Xingzhun, a famous medical historian, Ben cao bu was lost in China. It has been found outside China recently. This article deals with the author, blockprinting edition, contents of the book and makes a comparison with its texts cited in Ben cao gang mu shi yi (Supplemented Compendium of Materia Medica). It also evaluates the practical significance of this book as an early dissemination of pharmacy imported from the west.
authors.affiliation: China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700.
authors.forename: Xueyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhen
authors.forename: Jinsheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D001877:Books / Q000266:history*; D002681:China; D006663:Historiography; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000266:history*; D011327:Printing / Q000266:history*; D019366:Western World / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D008419:Materia Medica