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

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...

Jade Jade is a mineral used as jewellery or for ornaments. It is typically green, although may be yellow or white. Jade can refer to either of two different silicate minerals: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of ...

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, found in the ''Compendium of M ...

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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External links

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