李时珍(1518—1593),字东璧,号濒湖,明代蕲州(今湖北蕲春县)人,是我国古代杰出的医药学家。他毕其一生,致力于祖国医药学的研究与实践,殚精竭虑数十年,著成中医药巨著——《本草纲目》。我国人民尊奉李时珍为“医中之圣”;1953年世界和平理事会推崇他为“世界文化名人”。《本草纲目》被誉为中华民族传统文化经典,英国 Li Shizhen (1518-1593), the word Dongbi, near the lake, the Ming Dynasty Danzhou (now Hunchun County, Hubei Province), is an ancient Chinese outstanding medical scientist. He spent his whole life dedicated to the research and practice of Chinese medicine, and worked hard for decades, becoming a masterpiece of Chinese medicine - Compendium of Materia Medica. The people of our country honor Li Shizhen as “the Saint in medicine”; and in 1953 the World Peace Council praised him as “a famous cultural figure in the world.” “Compendium of Materia Medica” known as the Chinese nation’s traditional culture, the United Kingdom