Chinese-English Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classification

Author: Editorial Committee of "Chinese-English Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classification" of Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Publishing Date: 1996-05-01
Features: This book is a Chinese-English dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) classified by professional attributes. The entire book collects over 40,000 entries, with a scope of coverage including: Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, Zang-Xiang (organs and manifestations), Meridians, Body Parts, Essence, Qi, Blood, Body Fluids, and Shen (spirit), Etiology, Pathogenesis, Syndrome Names, and Pattern Differentiation, TCM Medicine Names and Processing Methods, Symptoms, Signs, Disease Names, and Diagnostic Methods, Treatment Principles and Methods, Health Preservation and Health Care, Acupuncture, Tuina (Chinese massage), and Qigong, Medical History and Medical Literature, Management and Other Related Medical Terms. An appendix at the back of the book provides explanations of prescription names, prescription compositions, and Pinyin translations of TCM terms. Each entry in the book is preceded by corresponding information input codes—YB codes—making this book also suitable for use as a computerized vocabulary database. This book can serve as a reference for healthcare professionals in the fields of TCM and integrated Chinese and Western medicine, teachers and students of TCM colleges, foreign students, and translators.