Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t3.35

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Li Shizhen (1518-1893 CE) was an expert of traditional Chinese medicine in the Ming Dynasty, and wrote *Compendium of Materia Medica* which was the great work of Chinese pharmaceutical science. He absorbed the achievements of pharmaceutical science development in past dynasties, recorded knowledge of multiple foreign medicines and wrote *Compendium of Materia Medica* which became an important historical book to study ancient Sino-foreign (especially India-China) medical exchanges.