Complete Dictionary of Chinese Medicine: Western Medicine Volume. 3rd Edition

Author: Fan Dehou, Wang Yongli
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive work of over 3 million words, divided into two volumes: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine. The TCM volume includes over 800 species of traditional Chinese medicine (including herbs and ethnic medicines), classified into 20 categories based on efficacy, and contains over 5,000 traditional Chinese medicine preparations. The Western Medicine volume covers 2,289 raw materials of Western medicine, classified into 56 categories based on pharmacological systems, along with over 4,500 Western medicine preparations. This book extensively references recent pharmacological (monographs) in China and recent domestic and international journals, and collects and organizes data on new drugs and their preparations approved by the National Food and Drug Administration (NMPA) from 1996 to 2004, as well as relevant information on new drug production from pharmaceutical companies. It highlights the combination of TCM, Western medicine, and preparations; at the same time, it strives to ensure the completeness of drug species, preparations, and up-to-date content. This book is a comprehensive, systematic, and practical large-scale pharmacological reference work, suitable for clinical physicians, pharmacists, nurses, medical educators, researchers, pharmaceutical production management personnel, commercial sales pharmacists, and related professionals for study and reference.