:The Herbalist's Manual

{{Infobox television

| image = Herbalist Manual.jpg

| caption = Poster

| genre = Costume drama

| runtime = 45 minutes per episode

| creator =

| director =

| producer =

| writer =

| starring = Frankie Lam
Michelle Ye
Kenneth Ma

| opentheme = Sai Sheung Mo Nan Si (世上無難事) performed by Frankie Lam

| endtheme =

| country = Hong Kong

| language = Cantonese

| network = TVB

| first_aired = {{Start date|2005|11|28}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2005|12|30}}

| num_episodes = 25

| related =

}}

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.

Cast

: Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.

class="wikitable" width="60%" ! Cast !! Role !! Description
\|Frankie Lam	Lee See-Jan 李時珍	Herb Doctor Ng Mo-Yung's husband.
\|Michelle Ye	Dong Ching 冬青
\|Kenneth Ma	Pong Hin 龐憲
\|Wilson Tsui (艾威)	Lee Gwoh-Jan 李果珍	Lee See-Jan's brother.
\|Law Koon Lan (羅冠蘭)	Cheung Kiu 張嬌	Lee See-Jan and Lee Gwoh-Jan's mother.
\|Chun Wong (秦煌)	Ging Wong 荊王	Ng Mo-Yung's uncle.
\|Law Lok Lam (羅樂林)	Yim Sung 嚴嵩	Yim Sai-Fan's father.
\|Li Ka Sing (李家聲)	Yim Sai-Fan 嚴世藩	Yim Sung's son.
\|Felix Lok (駱應鈞)	Pong Bak-Chuen 龐百川	Pong Hin's father.
\|Power Chan	Dai Wong-Chi 大王子
\|Selena Li	Ng Mo-Yung 吳慕榕	Lee See-Jan's wife.
\|Karen Lee (李焯寧)	Kin Hei 見　喜	Ng Mo-Yung's personal maid.

Viewership ratings

class="wikitable"
! Week ! Episode ! Average Points ! Peaking Points ! References
{{center\| 1}} \| November 28 - December 2, 2005 \| 1 — 5 \| {{center\| 30}} \| {{center\| 35}} \| [http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2005/12/ratings-report-28112005-4122005.html Week 1 Ratings]
{{center\| 2}} \| December 5–9, 2005 \| 6 — 10 \| {{center\| 29}} \| {{center\| —}} \| [http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2005/12/ratings-report-05122005-11122005.html Week 2 Ratings]
{{center\| 3}} \| December 12–16, 2005 \| 11 — 15 \| {{center\| 29}} \| {{center\| 32}} \| [http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2005/12/ratings-report-12122005-18122005.html Week 3 Ratings]
{{center\| 4}} \| December 19–23, 2005 \| 16 — 20 \| {{center\| 28}} \| {{center\| —}} \| [http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2005/12/ratings-report-19122005-25122005.html Week 4 Ratings]
{{center\| 5}} \| December 26–30, 2005 \| 21 — 25 \| {{center\| 30}} \| {{center\| —}} \| [http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2006/01/ratings-report-26122005-1012006.html Week 5 Ratings]

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! Week

! Episode

! Average Points

! Peaking Points

! References

| November 28 - December 2, 2005

| 1 — 5

| {{center| 30}}

| {{center| 35}}

| [http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2005/12/ratings-report-28112005-4122005.html Week 1 Ratings]

| December 5–9, 2005

| 6 — 10

| {{center| 29}}

| {{center| —}}

| [http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2005/12/ratings-report-05122005-11122005.html Week 2 Ratings]

| December 12–16, 2005

| 11 — 15

| {{center| 29}}

| {{center| 32}}

| [http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2005/12/ratings-report-12122005-18122005.html Week 3 Ratings]

| December 19–23, 2005

| 16 — 20

| {{center| 28}}

| {{center| —}}

| [http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2005/12/ratings-report-19122005-25122005.html Week 4 Ratings]

| December 26–30, 2005

| 21 — 25

| {{center| 30}}

| {{center| —}}

| [http://tvbchinesenews.blogspot.com/2006/01/ratings-report-26122005-1012006.html Week 5 Ratings]

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20061103035131/http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/the_herbalist_s_manual/ TVB.com] Herbalist's Manual - Official Website {{in lang|zh}}

Category:TVB dramas

Category:Television series set in the Ming dynasty

Category:2005 Hong Kong television series debuts

Category:2005 Hong Kong television series endings

Category:Television series set in the 16th century