MENTAL MODEL · M10391

Compendium of Materia Medica

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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Li Shizhen classified medicinals by sections (water, fire, earth, metals and stones, herbs, grains, vegetables, fruits, trees, utensils, insects, fish, shellfish, birds, animals, and human), and further subdivided each section, forming a hierarchical classification system. Scaffold function: systematizes knowledge. Provides a complete classification framework from natural to artificial, facilitating retrieval and expansion.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Systematizes knowledge. Provides a complete classification framework from natural to artificial, facilitating retrieval and expansion.

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A monumental pharmaceutical work compiled by Li Shizhen in the Ming dynasty, systematically organizing medicinals with a 'gang' (outline) and 'mu' (item) classification method, recording about 1892 medicinals, emphasizing name verification, collective explanation, preparation, nature and flavor, and indications.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

Use the hierarchical retrieval of medicinals by outline and item
match symptoms according to nature, flavor, meridian tropism, and indications
combine error correction to rectify previous textual errors.

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en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bencao_GangmuZH · Explicit
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