Li Shizhen, courtesy name Dongbi, was a Chinese acupuncturist, herbalist, naturalist, pharmacologist, physician, and writer of the Ming dynasty. He is the author of a 27-year work, the Compendium of Materia Medica. He developed several methods for classifying herb components and medications for treating diseases.
- Occupation
- botanist, physician, writer, naturalist
- Citizenship
- Ming dynasty
- Born
- July 3, 1517
- Died
- 1593
