Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms
Signature: Yi

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms

Compiled by Wang Siyi, Wang Siyi was the son of the primary author, Wang Qi; he helped complete and edit this massive undertaking. courtesy name Guangming, of Yunjian original: 雲間 (Yunjian), a literary name for the region of Songjiang, near modern-day Shanghai..

Volume 1 of Plants and Trees

Herbs and Grasses


Solomon's Seal	Atractylodes	Bupleurum	Chinese Yam	Dendrobium Orchid	Cocklebur Seed
Sweet Flag	Dodder Seed	Lilyturf	Water Plantain	Morinda Root	Resurrection Moss
Ginseng	Achyranthes Root	Angelica and Notopterygium	Red Sage	White Wormwood	Indigo Seed
Asparagus Root	Motherwort Seed	Bugbane	Polygala	Gastrodia	Szechuan Lovage
Licorice	Fragrant Solomon's Seal	Plantain Seed	Gentian	Keiske's Meadow-rue	Coptis
Rehmannia	Hogfennel	Costus Root	Wild Ginger	Fragrant Ligusticum	Star Jasmine

This table lists thirty-six essential herbs and plants used in traditional Chinese medicine and agriculture. In the Ming Dynasty, the study of Plants and Trees (草木, Caomu) was a vital branch of natural philosophy, combining botany with pharmacology.