Emperor Shennong

Chronology

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.
Regions: 
Classification: 
Other Reference: 

Add new comment

To prevent automated spam submissions leave this field empty.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith