《本草纲目》第22至25卷为谷部,共收载了谷物、麻类、豆类等药食兼用之品73种。李时珍说:“太古民无粒食,茹毛饮血。神农氏出,始尝草别谷,以教民耕艺;又尝草别药,以救民疾夭。轩辕氏(黄帝)出,教以烹饪,制为方剂,而后民始得遂养生之道。周官有五谷、六谷、九谷之名,诗人有八谷、百谷之咏,谷之类可谓繁矣。《素问》云:五谷为养。麻、麦、稷、粟、豆,以配肝、心、脾、肺、肾……五方之气, ”Compendium of Materia Medica,“ Volumes 22 to 25 for the Valley, a total of containing cereals, hemp, beans and other food and drink 73 kinds of products. Li Shizhen said: ”Swire people no grain of food, rough hair. Shennong out, began to taste Grass Valley, to teach people farming; also taste herbs to save the disease Yao died. Xuanyuan (Yellow Emperor) out, taught to cook, System for the prescription, and then the people began to regimen Road Zhou Guan has grains, six Valley, nine Valley in the name of the poet has eight valleys, Valley of the Wing, Valley of the class can be described as many carry on. , Wheat, millet, millet, beans, with liver, heart, spleen, lung, kidney ... ... five-sided gas,