Clinical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine

Conveying the subtle distinctions and nuances of traditional Chinese medicine as no other work has done, this volume provides definitions for thousands of terms. Each entry includes the English term, the Chinese source term, its pinyin transliteration (including spoken tone), pronunciation, etymology, and one or more definitions as applied in Chinese medicine. Terms used within definitions are cross-referenced, and disease and symptom descriptions include standard therapies used in the People's Republic of China.Wiseman, Nigel A. is the author of 'Clinical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine', published 1998 under ISBN 9780912111452 and ISBN 0912111453.