The Ayurveda collection is a representation of seminal and origin texts with importance to contemporary Ayurvedic practice. Materia Medica titles typically include an alphabetical list of substances used in medicinal approaches.
The Chinese Medicine collection is a representation of seminal and origin texts with importance to contemporary Chinese medicine practice. The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica (Shennong, ca. 220/1998) and The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine (2600 B.C.E./2002) are widely credited as being the seminal texts of Chinese medical practice, and were passed down through oral traditions for centuries before being published as written work. The link to 'more classic texts in the catalogue' is a curated book list of items available for loan from our campus libraries. The items with a gold star are popular resources.