Li Shizhen, Chinese physician and mineralogist (died 1593)

Li Shizhen

Chinese polymath and scientist (1517–1593)

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…