Chinese Herbal Medicines | Vol 15, Issue 1, Pages 1-154 (January 2023) | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier The concept of food and medicine continuum (FMC) is traced back to Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica (Shénnóng Běncǎo Jīng in Chinese) of the 1st century ( Heinrich et al ...