on materia medica meaning in Chinese

• 本草治疗法phytotherapy本草专著monograph

• materia medica:    〔拉丁语〕〔总称〕药物；药物学；药物 ...
• amplification on canon of materia medica:    本草衍义
• amplified materia medica:    本草衍文

Examples

1. “the shen nong ben cao jing " , written more than 2000 years ago , was the earliest book on materia medica in the world. recorded in the book are over 300 kinds of animals , plants , and minerals used for medication .
   中国的《神农本草经》是世界上最古的本草书。