本草纲目

Traditional form:

本草綱目

Pinyin (reading):

Běncǎo Gāngmù

Definitions:

• Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍／李时珍 ( Lǐ Shízhēn)

Characters:

• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 纲 - program, outline; principle, guiding thread
• 目 - eye; to look, to see; division, topic

Traditional characters:

• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 綱 - program, outline; principle, guiding thread
• 目 - eye; to look, to see; division, topic