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Li Shizhen is known as "the saint of medicine" in Chinese history. And his work, Compendium of Materia Medica or Bencao Gangmu, is one of the medical books.
When Li Shizhen was young, he was in traditional Chinese medicine and began to read medical books. He many mistakes in those books. He worried these mistakes would cause serious or death. So Li Shizhen to write a new book. He traveled everywhere to look for herbs(药草) and do research. And he talked farmers, doctors and patients. He even tested herbs on himself and nearly lost life many times. Li Shizhen collected and recorded over 1, 890 herbs. He also read about 900 medical books. He worked day and night. , the valuable work, Bencao Gangmu came out.
Today Bencao Gangmu has been translated into many foreign . It is widely read not only in China but also in many countries around the world.