Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Search 6 entries. běncǎo 本草 a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine běncǎogāngmù 本草纲目 Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1] běncǎogāngmù 本草綱目 Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1] shénnóngběncǎojīng 神农本草经 Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls shénnóngběncǎojīng 神農本草經 Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls xīnxiūběncǎo 新修本草 Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine