About the author

Yao Lan's biographical information is limited in publicly available sources; his native place, dates of birth and death, and specific life experiences cannot be confirmed at present. Judging from the surviving work, he wrote Bencao Fenjing (Materia Medica Classified by Meridian), a medical work on materia medica, placed under the categories of medicine and health and medicine. The book takes the meridians as its framework and groups drugs according to their meridian tropism, helping readers grasp the attribution of medicinal properties and their clinical application from the perspective of the meridian system. It reflects the traditional emphasis on meridian tropism and practical use in materia medica compilation. Owing to limited public information, Yao Lan's other writings, academic lineage, and social activities require further investigation; Bencao Fenjing alone offers some reference value for understanding the meridian-tropism system of Chinese drugs and the classification methods of materia medica, and reflects the author's care in organizing such material.

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Publishers

China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine