Li Shizhen (1565438+July 3, 2008-1593), whose real name was Dongbi, was born in the lakeside mountainous area in his later years. Qi zhou (now qi zhou Town, Qichun County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province) was born in qi zhou and died in qi zhou. Li Shizhen was one of the most famous doctors, pharmacists and naturalists in the Ming Dynasty in China and the history of China. His compendium of materia medica is a masterpiece of materia medica, which has a far-reaching influence on the research of medicine and naturalism in later generations.
Li Shizhen, together with Bian Que, Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, is known as the four famous doctors in ancient China.
Li Shizhen was born on 15 18 July 13 (May 26th, 13th year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty (julian calendar 15 18 July 3rd, New Year July 13) and died in Zongshen Wanli.
/kloc-at the age of 0/4, he was admitted as a scholar, but failed in the last three rural examinations, so he could not be a juror. At the same time, his keen interest in medicine has been increasing.
At the age of 30, he became a local famous doctor. At the age of 38, King Chu of Wuchang called him an envoy to the palace and hired him as "Feng Cizheng" to take charge of the affairs of the Doctor's Office.
1556, Li Shizhen was recommended to fill the vacancy in Imperial College Hospital and resigned after working in Imperial College for one year.
1557, after resigning from his post and returning to his hometown, he built a new house called "Red Garden" on the north bank of Yuhu, where he practiced medicine. I have been studying medicine since then. After more than 30 years, I finally wrote Compendium of Materia Medica, which was revised three times in 12.
In the 21st year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1593), Li Shizhen died and was buried on the bank of Yuhu Lake, 2 kilometers southeast of qi zhou Town, Qichun County, Hubei Province.
Compendium of Materia Medica
Li Shizhen borrowed Zhu's Compendium of Materia Medica and named it Compendium of Materia Medica. It was compiled in the thirty-first year of Jiajing (1552) and completed in the sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1578), which lasted for 27 years. Due to the long editing time and huge scale, Naifu Naizi and disciple Pang Lumen wrote the outline of the book, and the second son Jian Yuan painted the book, which can be described as a collective work dominated by Li Shizhen.
Compendium of Materia Medica consists of 16 parts, 52 volumes and about 1.9 million words. The book contains 15 18 kinds of drugs collected from various herbs, and 374 kinds of drugs are added on the basis of predecessors, accounting for 1892 kinds, including 1 195 kinds of plants; * * * Collected 1 1096 ancient pharmacists' prescriptions and folk prescriptions; There are more than 1 100 pictures of drug morphology in front of the book.
This masterpiece has absorbed the essence of herbal works of past dynasties, corrected the previous mistakes as much as possible, supplemented the shortcomings, and made many important discoveries and breakthroughs. It is the most systematic, complete and scientific medical work in China up to16th century.