清代合州(即今合川县)刘氏所著《草木便方》,载药508种,每药均附有药图和药性歌括,另收验方数百条。该书所载药物,皆为川东土产,随地可采;所收验方,至今仍为民间习用,完全体现了该书“简”、“便”的特色,实为清代中叶川东地方性药学巨著。到目前为止,一些著述对《草木便方》一书的作者及其籍贯、该书的出版时间等记载诸多与事实不符。笔者与刘氏同乡,占地利之便,遂于今年六月初亲往刘氏老家,合川县官渡区方碑乡倒壕村刘家岩访得刘氏传人,现已七十一岁的刘明芳老先生,并 Qing Dynasty Hezhou (now Hechuan County) Liu’s “grass and wood”, carrying 508 kinds of drugs, each drug is accompanied by medicine maps and medicinal songs, and hundreds of other prescriptions. The medicines contained in the book are all locally produced in Sichuan Province and can be mined everywhere; the acceptance of the prescription is still used by folks, which fully embodies the characteristics of the book “Jian” and “Jie”. It is actually the locality of Sichuan in the middle of the Qing dynasty. Pharmaceutical masterpieces. So far, some of the articles have written about the author of the book “Shu Mu Bian Fang” and its place of origin, and the publication time of the book. It is not consistent with the facts. The author and Liu’s fellow countryman, who was in the same land as Liu, personally visited Liu’s hometown in early June of this year. He visited Liu’s successor Liujiayan, Fangbei Township, Fangbei District, Hechuan County. He is now a seventy-year-old Mr. Liu Mingfang. ,and