英文中醫名詞術語標準化

This book came into being on the basis of researchon the topic of \〃Standard English Translation ofTCM （Traditional Chinese Medicine）Nomencla-ture\〃 under the auspices of the State Administra-tion of Traditional Chinese Medicine，done by thewriter．The aim of the research was to sort out thevarious existing English translations of TCMnomenclature，standardize the English terms andlay a foundation and offer a reference for interna-tionalizing and standardizing all TCMnomenclature．The relevant sections of the WorldHealth Organization have shown great interest inthis work．More than 1，000 basic TCM terms were selectedfor this book，and each of them was given a stan-dard English translation．Careful analysis of thevarious English translations of a TCM term revealsthe reason why a preferred translation was decidedupon．It is expected that this book will have a greatinfluence on the work of internationalizing and stan-dardizing TCM nomenclature，and promoting theapplication and influence of TCM nomenclatureworldwide．