Chinese-English Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: [Editor's Recommendation:] This book is a large-scale professional dictionary in China that standardizes the official names of traditional Chinese medicinal materials based on the principle of "one substance, one name." The book consists of eleven chapters and includes 5,872 plant, animal, and mineral traditional Chinese medicinal materials.
Chapters 1 to 9 are dedicated to plant medicines, organized by the part used in medicine. Within each chapter, medicines of the same family are grouped together for easy comparison and identification. For convenience in reference, some homonymous medicines with different names are also compiled together. Chapters 10 and 11 cover animal and mineral medicines, respectively.
Each entry includes the official name of the medicinal material, its Pinyin name, Latin name, English name, scientific name of the original plant (animal or mineral), the part used in medicine, and annotations on the name. The book is characterized by clear objectives, standardized methods, evidence-based selection, practicality, scientific utility, occasional innovations, a wide variety of species, and convenient retrieval. It serves as a reference for researchers, educators, clinicians, producers, marketers, international traders, and pharmaceutical administrators in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.
This book not only facilitates communication between disciplines and industries but also promotes domestic and international pharmaceutical exchanges. It plays a significant role in clarifying and standardizing medicinal names, resolving the confusion caused by multiple names for the same substance or different names for the same substance, ensuring the correct use of medicinal materials, and thus holds great practical importance.