This dictionary is compiled on the basis of a research project on the standardization of English translation of Chinese medical terminology, sponsored by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It includes 7010 entries among which, 6630 are traditional Chinese medical terms and 380 are commonly used citations and maxims. Listed in the order of traditional Chinese medical textbooks, it is both a precise and practical dictionary and a minitype encyclopedical works of traditional Chinese medicine. There are four indexes at the end of the book to facilitate consultation.