Ceramic figure of Shen Nung, China, 1800-1920
Shen Nung is known as the Divine Farmer. He is the mythological founder of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Thousands of years ago, he is believed to have tasted thousands of plants and recorded their medicinal or poisonous effects. Herbs and plants restore the patient’s individual balance of yin and yang and restore them to health in TCM. Yin and yang are the two parts of qi or life force. mak…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- statue
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- statue
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
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- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0058712
Identifier
- L0058712
- Science Museum A642960
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- United Kingdom
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First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:58:29.415Z
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- 2019-06-09T11:58:29.415Z
Keywords (provided by the community)
- farmers (people in agriculture)
- farmer
- People's Republic of China
- traditional Chinese medicine
- Shennong
- yin and yang