The Herbalist's Manual | |
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Genre | Costume drama |
Starring | Frankie Lam Michelle Ye Kenneth Ma |
Opening theme | Sai Sheung Mo Nan Si (世上無難事) performed by Frankie Lam |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 25 |
Production | |
Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
Release | |
Original network | TVB |
Original release | November 28 – December 30, 2005 |
The Herbalist's Manual | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 本草藥王 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 本草药王 | ||||||
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The Herbalist's Manual is a Hong Kong television series released overseas in May 2005 and broadcast on TVB Jade channel in November 2005.
The series focuses on the greatest physician and pharmacologist in Chinese history,Li Shizhen and his herbalist manual, Bencao Gangmu .
Cast | Role | Description |
Frankie Lam | Lee See-Jan 李時珍 | Herb Doctor Ng Mo-Yung's husband. |
Michelle Ye | Dong Ching 冬青 | |
Kenneth Ma | Pong Hin 龐憲 | |
Wilson Tsui (艾威) | Lee Gwoh-Jan 李果珍 | Lee See-Jan's brother. |
Law Koon Lan (羅冠蘭) | Cheung Kiu 張嬌 | Lee See-Jan and Lee Gwoh-Jan's mother. |
Chun Wong (秦煌) | Ging Wong 荊王 | Ng Mo-Yung's uncle. |
Law Lok Lam (羅樂林) | Yim Sung 嚴嵩 | Yim Sai-Fan's father. |
Li Ka Sing (李家聲) | Yim Sai-Fan 嚴世藩 | Yim Sung's son. |
Felix Lok (駱應鈞) | Pong Bak-Chuen 龐百川 | Pong Hin's father. |
Power Chan | Dai Wong-Chi 大王子 | |
Selena Li | Ng Mo-Yung 吳慕榕 | Lee See-Jan's wife. |
Karen Lee (李焯寧) | Kin Hei 見 喜 | Ng Mo-Yung's personal maid. |
Week | Episode | Average Points | Peaking Points | References | |
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1 | November 28 - December 2,2005 | 1 —5 | 30 | 35 | [1] |
2 | December 5–9,2005 | 6 —10 | 29 | — | [2] |
3 | December 12–16,2005 | 11 —15 | 29 | 32 | [3] |
4 | December 19–23,2005 | 16 —20 | 28 | — | [4] |
5 | December 26–30,2005 | 21 —25 | 30 | — | [5] |
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Melissa Ng Mei-hang is a retired American Hong Kong television actress born in China. She had been under contract to the television station TVB since 1996 after coming second in the Miss Chinese International Pageant,retiring from acting in 2007. Ng speaks fluent English with an American accent,Cantonese,and Mandarin. She currently resides in Hong Kong.
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