《神农本草经》又名《神农本草》,简称《本草经》或《本经》,是我国现存最早的药物学专著,为我国早期临床用药经验的第一次系统总结,一向被誉为中药学经典著作。在我国古代,大部分药物是植物药,所以“本草”成了中药的代名词,这部书也就以“本草经”命名。汉代托古之风盛行,人们尊古薄今,为了提高该书的地位,增强人们对它的信任感,就借用 “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica”, also known as “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica”, referred to as “Ben Cao Jing” or “Ben Cao Jing”, is the earliest extant pharmacological monograph in China. It is the first systematic review of our country’s early experience in clinical drug use and has long been known as Classical pharmacy work. In ancient China, most drugs were botanical drugs, so “Materia Medica” became synonymous with Chinese medicine, and this book was also named after the “Ben Cao Jing.” The prevalence of the ancient style of the Han dynasty prevailed. The people respected the ancient and the thin and the present. In order to improve the status of the book and enhance people’s trust in it, they borrowed it.