Chinese Materia Medica Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Chinese Materia MedicaBritish Pharmacopoeia. The leaves have been found to contain a sweet principle similar to that of licorice. The wood has an excellent grain, but as the plant is small it is not of much value.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.