Li Shizhen -  click and find more

Li Shizhen , born in Qi Zhou (modern Qichun county of Hubei province) in the Ming Dynasty , was preeminent pharmacist in China and the world . He wrote the famous pharmaceutical encyclopedia , “Syllabus of Medical Herbs” . Born into a medical family , Li aspired to take up the medical profession a his elders . But at that time medical practitioners had a low social status and the Li family was often bullied by officials .His father decided to let the son be a scholar to take part in the imperial service examination . However , Li failed in the imperial service examinations few times . So, he begged his father to permit him to study medicine exclusively . In his thirties Li was a renowned doctor locally .At the age of thrity five ,he began to compile the “Syllabus of Medical Herbs.” In order to know clearly the shapes , properties and effects of herbs he carried a basket on his back and traveled to different places with his son and a disciple named Pang Kuang . They trekked through countless wild mountains and deep valleys north and south of the Yangtze River . Three times he changed his manuscript . After twenty seven years of painstaking efforts , Li Shizhen finally completed his pharmaceutical masterpiece in 1578 . It was not only a great contribution to Chinese pharmacology , but also had a far-reaching influence on the development of world pharmacology , botany ,zoology , mineralogy and chemistry .

Wang Qingren -  click and find more

Among the many famous doctors in the Qing Dynasty .Wang Qingren was a creative medical practitioner . He attached great importance to human body anatomy . He observed the corpses and drew illustrations himself . He was also excellent clinically . He devised a series of recipes for enriching vital energy and invigorating blood circulation . He wrote the “Corrections in Medicine.” The book contained more than 30,000 words and 25 illustrations and charts , and also included thirty-one recipes of his own device . The book had two volumes . The first volume gave an account of his postmortem observations and corrected certain mistakes of the ancient doctors with regard to anatomy of viscera and physiological functions . He explained his medical viewpoints : “the prerequisite of clinical practice is to understand the viscera ” , and “the key to make a cure is to fine out the conditions of vital energy and blood.” The second volume explained his clinical theories based on his viewpoint and his clinical experiences for applying these theories to treat over fifty diseases such as hemiplegia , facial paralysis , infantile polio ,vomiting, convulsion, chickenpox, sterility , difficult labor , rheumatism , insanity , epilepsy , etc ., recommending his recipes for invigorating blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis . Although titled “Corrections in Medicine” the book was essentially about invigorating blood circulation and the treatment of blood stasis.

Due to the historical circumstances , the records of human viscera anatomy based on his observations had many mistakes . Still he was an outstanding , courageous and creative medical practitioner in the history of Chinese medicine . Particularly , his treatment of blood stasis was a great contribution to medicine both theoretically and practically , and drew attention from doctors home and abroad .