Health and longevity is the common aspiration of mankind, and the working people in China have accumulated rich experience in fighting diseases and maintaining health. Compendium of Materia Medica, compiled by Li Shizhen, a great medical scientist in Ming Dynasty, has recorded rich knowledge and methods of health care. It is not only an important reference book for medical workers, but also a mentor and friend for people's health care. However, due to the huge space, archaic characters and inconvenient retrieval, it has not been well popularized, resulting in many effective prescriptions sleeping in ancient books and failing to play their due roles. In view of this, in order to better explore the medical heritage of the motherland, further popularize the knowledge and methods of health care in Compendium of Materia Medica, and serve people's health today, we specially compiled a book, Selected Prescriptions for Health Care in Compendium of Materia Medica.