The Herbalist's Manual — Season 1, Episode 5: Episode 5
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 25 episodes
Episode synopsis
The Duke of KING is furious that YUNG insists in marrying CHUN. When CHING has come back from Wuchang, she is shocked to learn that CHUN has married someone else. As for KWO, he is willing to cancel his engagement with CHING as he realizes now that she has never loved him. YAT blames KWO for leading CHING’s losing a good man. The two bicker with each other all the time and make an argumentative couple. MAN agrees to let CHUN practice medicine and even teaches him all his skills. YUNG leads a simple life after marrying CHUN. MAN’s wife, CHEUNG KIU, regards YUNG as her successor. She teaches her everything about what makes a good housewife, thus putting tremendous pressures on YUNG. YUNG and her former maid, KIN HEI, are on very good terms. And HEI comes to visit her very often. Magistrate LAM has been poisoned after taking CHUN’s herbal medicine. He believes CHUN has made a wrong prescription……
About The Herbalist's Manual
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...