The Herbalist's Manual — Season 1, Episode 7: Episode 7
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 25 episodes
Episode synopsis
CHING is touched by CHUN’s love for YUNG and decide to hand him the prescription. What is more, she asks LITTLE BUDDHA to take CHUN as apprentice. CHING and CHUN have therefore become fellow students. YUNG has recovered. KIU does not ask her to do housework anymore. Having got nothing to do now, YUNG asks HEI to teach her how to cook. An epidemic breaks out in the village. A panic buying of medicine goes on among the villagers. CHUN requests the Duke of KING and magistrate LAM to keep the villager informed of the epidemic situation and give out free treatments as well as medicine. Magistrate LAM, for fear that so doing will let the imperial government know about the epidemic, refuses to do so. As a result, the epidemic has gone out of control; many have died. HIN, who is an intern in Binhu, volunteers to help out at Wai Man Drug Store. The situation is getting worse. CHUN sets up a temporary quarantine station at the town gate……
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...