明代集大成的《本草纲目》将中国本草学推上了一个巅峰。然而《本草纲目》是否将此前丰富的药学资料搜罗无遗了呢 ?近年的研究表明 ,事实并非如此 ,还有若干成书于《本草纲目》以前的本草书并不为李时珍所知。其中属于孤本、迄今尚未被世人广为知晓的《太乙仙制本草药性大全》 The “Compendium of Materia Medica” of Ji Dacheng of the Ming Dynasty pushed the Chinese Herbology to a peak. However, whether the “Compendium of Materia Medica” has collected all the rich pharmaceutical materials before it? In recent years, studies have shown that this is not the case, and that there are several books written before the “Compendium of Materia Medica” which are not known by Li Shizhen. Among them, “Taiyi’s fairy-tale herbal remedy” is a solitary version that has not yet been widely known in the world.