''The Herbalist's Manual'' is a Hong Kong television series released overseas in May 2005 and broadcast on

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...

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channel in November 2005. The series focuses on the greatest physician and pharmacologist in Chinese history,

Li Shizhen Li Shizhen (July 3, 1518 – 1593), courtesy name Dongbi, was a Chinese acupuncturist, herbalist, naturalist, pharmacologist, physician, and writer of the Ming dynasty. He is the author of a 27-year work, the '' Compendium of Materia ...

, and his herbalist manual, ''

Bencao Gangmu The ''Bencao gangmu'', known in English as the ''Compendium of Materia Medica'' or ''Great Pharmacopoeia'', is an encyclopedic gathering of medicine, natural history, and Chinese herbology compiled and edited by Li Shizhen and published in the ...

''.

Cast

: ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.''

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TVB.com
''Herbalist's Manual'' - Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Herbalist's Manual, The TVB dramas Television series set in the Ming dynasty 2005 Hong Kong television series debuts 2005 Hong Kong television series endings Television series set in the 16th century