The Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700-1949: A Microhistory of the Caterpillar Fungus

by 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 century and later assimilated into Chinese materia medica from the eighteenth century onwards. Tracing the transmission of the caterpillar fungus from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031247256
• ISBN13: 9783031247255
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"