Theophrastus
Dates:
circa 371 BCE - circa 287 BCE
Publication:
Enquiry into Plants: Books 6-9; Treatise on Odours; Concerning Weather Signs
Date:
circa 300 BCE
299 - 200 (C3rd BCE)
[105] NGP: Chapter 1
, “[105] NGP: Chapter 1”, in New Green Pharmacy: The Story of Western Herbal Medicine, 1 vol., Vermilion, 1997.
Emperor Shennong
Publication:
Ben Cao Jing (pen Ts'ao king)
Date:
circa 300 BCE - CE 200
Description:
Lists more than 350 plant drugs including Ephedra sinica [105].
Summary:
The "Divine Farmer", a semi-mythological figure said to have written the Ben Cao Jing on plant medicine and agriculture.
