黄海波

Public information about Huang Haibo is limited, and his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background cannot currently be confirmed. Judging from the five works held in the library, however, his writing centers on medicine, with a particular focus on the field identification and clinical use of Chinese herbal medicines. His representative works include volumes 1, 4, and 5 of the Handbook for Field Identification of Chinese Herbal Medicines (volume 5 in its second edition) and the Concise Illustrated Guide to the Identification and Use of Chinese Herbal Medicines. These handbooks and illustrated guides are practical in orientation, helping readers identify medicinal plants in the field and understand their properties and uses; their format is that of reference works, emphasizing correspondence between text and images and ease of lookup. Huang Haibo is also the author of Essential Remarks on Medical Insights into Various Diseases, which shows that his writing is not confined to identifying medicinal materials but also covers summaries of clinical experience and discussion of medical theory. Overall, his works serve students of Chinese medicine and grassroots medical practitioners and offer considerable practical reference value.