The Herbalist's Manual — Season 1, Episode 9: Episode 9
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 25 episodes
Episode synopsis
CHUN has worked out a medical soup with field mice. He even tries out the soup himself so that other patients will drink it. His condition has turned bad. Bedridden, he expresses his love for CHING. Though she is touched, she dares not accept him. Not long after, the soup starts to show its effect and CHUN is much better. The situation is finally under control. Magistrate LAM takes all the credits and is reprimanded by the villagers. In order to regain the support of the villagers, HIN suggests LAM applying for funding from the government, which he means to give to the victims’ families. Seeing that drugs store made mistake in prescribing and that merchants selling fake medicine during the break out of the epidemic, CHUN decides to edit the old medical books and write a comprehensive one, which he names the Compendium of Materia Medica, so that people can know real medicine from fake ones……
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...