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Chinese herbs include plants, animals, and minerals, although strictly speaking, animals and minerals cannot be called herbs. Ancient herbal classics listed a total of over 3,000 herbs, modern publications contain a compilation of about 8,000 herbs. The study of Chinese medicinal herbs includes the fundamental theory, sources, collection, properties, thereatpeutc effects, and clinical applications of herbs; it is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine.Who discovered Chinese herbs? Chinese legend had it that many millenniums before Christ, there lived five great emperors in China: The Emperor of Fire who invented fire for heating and cooking; the Emperor of Fishing and Hunting who taught the Chinese people how to fish and hunt and to raise livestock; the Emperor of Nine Needles who invented nine kinds of needles for use in acupuncture; the Emperor of Cookery who taught the Chinese people how to cook foods and prepare meals; and finally, the Emperor of Agriculture who taught the people how to cultivate land and raise crops. It was the Emperor of Agriculture who directed the Chinese people to collect herbs and use them to heal ailments.Thus, Chinese herbs have been used for treatment of diseases for thousands of years in China; it dates back to the very ancient period of Chinese history when the Chinese people were still living in the Stone Ages. China is a huge country with a wide varietiy of natural resources, including plants, animals, and minerals. The Chinese have made use of such herbs for many thousand centuries to treat diseases, which had contributed a great deal to the health of the Chinese people.