A medicine dispensing device for dispensing medicine, the medicine dispensing device comprising: a container for storing medicine to be dispensed by the medicine dispensing device, wherein the container is capable of opening and closing, and the container can be locked in a closed state; a lock release device for releasing a lock of the container; an optical scanner, and; a display device for displaying the image of the medicine replenished into the container; wherein when the container is replenished with medicine, a user uses the optical scanner to read a symbol attached to a bottle in which medicine that the user wants to replenish is stored, the medicine dispensing device determines if the information specifying the medicine contained in the container matches the medicine specifying information obtained from the symbol attached to the bottle, and if the medicine dispensing devices determines that the medicine stored in the bottle is the correct medicine, the medicine dispensing device drives the lock release device, and the lock release device releases the lock of the container, the medicine dispensing device displays a message on the display device, prompting the user to open the lid of the container, and to replenish the container with the medicine contained in the bottle, and the user indicates on the display device that the medicine has been inserted into the container, then a camera photographs a still image of the medicine that was replenished by the user into the container, wherein a person in charge views the image of the medicine display on the display device and confirms to the medicine dispensing device whether or not the medicine used to replenish the inside of the container is the correct medicine for replenishment has been completed prior to closing the lid, and if the medicine dispensing device receives an input to indicate that the medicine used to replenish the inside of the container was confirmed to be correct medicine for replenishment from the person in charge, the medicine dispensing device dispenses the medicine from the container. a container for storing medicine to be dispensed by the medicine dispensing device, wherein the container is capable of opening and closing, and the container can be locked in a closed state; a lock release device for releasing a lock of the container; an optical scanner, and; a display device for displaying the image of the medicine replenished into the container; wherein when the container is replenished with medicine, a user uses the optical scanner to read a symbol attached to a bottle in which medicine that the user wants to replenish is stored, the medicine dispensing device determines if the information specifying the medicine contained in the container matches the medicine specifying information obtained from the symbol attached to the bottle, and if the medicine dispensing devices determines that the medicine stored in the bottle is the correct medicine, the medicine dispensing device drives the lock release device, and the lock release device releases the lock of the container, the medicine dispensing device displays a message on the display device, prompting the user to open the lid of the container, and to replenish the container with the medicine contained in the bottle, and the user indicates on the display device that the medicine has been inserted into the container, then a camera photographs a still image of the medicine that was replenished by the user into the container, wherein a person in charge views the image of the medicine display on the display device and confirms to the medicine dispensing device whether or not the medicine used to replenish the inside of the container is the correct medicine for replenishment has been completed prior to closing the lid, and if the medicine dispensing device receives an input to indicate that the medicine used to replenish the inside of the container was confirmed to be correct medicine for replenishment from the person in charge, the medicine dispensing device dispenses the medicine from the container.