1. American Herbal Pharmacology Delegation. 1975. Herbal Pharmacology in the People's Republic of China. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.
2. Arber, A. 1938. Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution 1470–1670. New ed. Univ. Press, Cambridge.
3. Boym, M. 1656. Flora sinensis.In M. Thévenot, ed. 1664. Relations de divers Voyages curieux, v. 2, pp. 15–29. Cramoisy, Paris.
4. Braudel, F. 1973. Capitalism and Material Life 1400–1800. Harper & Row, New York.
5. Chang, K. C., ed. 1977. Food in Chinese Culture. Yale Univ. Press, New Haven.