《本草纲目》(The Compendium of Materia Medica)是明代(the Ming Dynasty)著名的医学家李时珍所著。这部著作近乎200万字，记载药物(medical substance) 1892种。除了中草药(Chinese herhal medicine)，该书也包含了动物和矿物质作为药物的记载。《本草纲目》堪称中医史上最完整的医书，对各种药物的名称、气味、形态等都做了详尽的介绍。它被翻译成20多种语言并在全世界广为流传。即便现在，人们还常常将它用作医学参考书。

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　　The Compendium of Materia Medica is written by Li Shizhen,a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty.With almost 2 million Chinese characters,the book lists 1,892 kinds of medical substances.Besides Chinese herbal medicines,it includes animals and minerals used as medical substances.The Compendium of Materia Medica is regarded as the most complete medical book in the history of traditional Chinese medicine. Detailed introductions of all the medical substances are given in the book,including name,smell,appearance,etc.It has been translated into more than 20 languages and spreads all over the world.Even now it is still often used as a reference book in medicine.