The global circulation of Chinese materia medica, 1700-1949 : a microhistory of the caterpillar fungus / Di Lu.

This book explores the dissemination of knowledge around Chinese medicinal substances from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries in a global context. The author presents a microhistory of the caterpillar fungus, a natural, medicinal substance initially used by Tibetans no later than the fifteenth ce...

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Main Author: Lu, Di (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Series:Medicine and biomedical sciences in modern history,
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