Language: Chinese with scientific nomenclature
Chinese Medicinal Plants, Volume 1 combines in graphic form and in alphabetical order a total of 203 species of wild and cultivated medicinal plants (including subspecies, varieties and forms) from China, including for each of the plant's Chinese name, alias, scientific name, morphological characteristics, habitat, distribution, collection and processing, and usage. Poisonous plants are flagged up, so as to remind the reader to proceed with caution. At the end of the book Chinese and scientific name indices can be found.
Summary in Chinese:
本书以图文结合的形式,按种类名称字母顺序介绍了我国野生及栽培的药用植物203种(包括亚种、变种和变型),包括每种植物的中文名、别名、拉丁名、形态特征、生境、分布、采集加工、性味功能、主治用法,有些种类还有附方。为了安全起见,在有些有毒植物的性味功能后面标明“有大毒”、“有毒”、“有小毒”等字样,提醒读者慎用。书后附有中文索引和拉丁名索引。