An Illustrated Atlas of the Commonly Used Chinese Materia Medica v. 2

Contains 201 entries of Chinese medicinals, including herbs such as huang jing, jiang can, ku she, lai fu zi, mei gui hua, niu xi, ou jie, pang da hai and qian cao. This title categorizes the medicinals according to the alphabetical order of herbs' pinyin names. A description of each medicinal covers the source for the medicinal.

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The medicinals are categorized according to the alphabetical order of herbs' pinyin names. A description of each medicinal covers the source for the medicinal, area of cultivation or wildcrafting, preparation, chemical constituents, pharmacological actions, Chinese medicinal properties, actions and indication as well as suggested dosages. This is accompanied by colour plates illustrating the main and alternate species used for each medicinal.Volume II (H to Q) contains 201 entries of Chinese medicinals, including such important herbs as huang jing, jiang can, ku she, lai fu zi, mei gui hua, niu xi, ou jie, pang da hai and qian cao.