Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume Middle of Middle

Imperially Commissioned Imperial Library Collection original: "欽定四庫全書"

Illustrations for the Compendium of Materia Medica

A traditional Chinese botanical woodblock illustration depicting a plant labeled "Cuifengshi" Wind-Urging Envoy. The plant has a single vertical stalk rising from a thin, branching root system. In the middle of the stalk, two ribbed, ovate leaves grow horizontally in an opposite arrangement. The top of the stalk is crowned with a tight cluster of several smaller leaves. The entire image is contained within a rectangular double-line border.