The Herbalist's Manual (2005)
Plot.
LI SHI CHUN (LAM MAN LUNG, FRANKIE), who has studied herbs since he was a little boy, loves a girl TUNG CHING (YE, MICHELLE). However, he is already engaged to NG MO YUNG (LEE SZE WAN). He plans to break off the engagement and reveal his feelings to CHING after taking the imperial civil examination. Unfortunately, when he returns home after the examination, CHING has already agreed to marry his brother (AL WAI). CHUN has no choice but to marry YUNG. He becomes the student of a renowned doctor LITTLE BUDDHA, who turns out to be CHING’s adopted father. CHUN finds out that the old medical books are full of mistakes. There are also all kinds of fake herbs in the market. Therefore, he decides to write a book called the Compendium of Materia Medica. He is appointed as an imperial doctor in the palace by the Duke of Chor.
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Cast & Crew.
Selena Lee
Ng Mo-yung
Michelle Ye
Dong-ching
Ma Kwok-Ming
Pong Hin
Liu Kai-Chi
Siu Dei-chong
Law Lok-Lam
Yan song
Kong Lau
Lee Yin-man
Felix Lok Ying-Kwan
Pon Bak-chun
Chun Wong
King Wong
Rebecca Chan
Lau Yut-che
Ai Wai
Lee Gwo-chang
May Law Koon-Lan
Cheung Giu
Koon-Lan Law
Cheung Giu
Frankie Lam Man-Lung
Lee See-chang
Wong Wai-sing
Creator
Leung Kin-Ping
Cheng Ka-Sang
Media.
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Wiki.
The Herbalist's Manual is a Hong Kong television series released overseas in May 2005 and broadcast on TVB Jade channel in November 2005.
The series focuses on the greatest physician and pharmacologist in Chinese history, Li Shizhen and his herbalist manual, Bencao Gangmu.