中医名著 famous TCM work

　　《黄帝内经》 Huang Di’s Classic of Internal Medicine / Yellow Emperor's   Canon of Traditional Chinese Medicine

　　《神农本草经》 Shennong’s Herbal Classic

　　《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica

　　《易经》 I Ching; Book of Change

　　万物人为贵 nothing compares to a human life

　　救死扶伤 healing the sick and saving the dying

　　阴阳  yin-yang, the two opposing and complementary principles in nature

　　相生相克 mutual generation and restriction

　　对立制约 mutually opposing and constraining

　　互根互用interdependent and mutually promoting

　　相互转化mutually transformational

　　新陈代谢 metabolism

　　针灸 acupuncture

　　针刺疗法acupuncture

　　艾炙疗法 moxibustion

　　推拿 medical massage

　　穴位acupuncture point

　　针刺麻醉 acupuncture anesthesia

　　综合医院 general hospital

　　中医部 TCM section/ department

　　拔火罐疗法 (Chinese) cupping therapy

　　刮痧疗法skin scraping therapy with water, liquor or vegetable oil

　　理疗 physical therapy

　　切脉 feeling the pulse

　　偏方folk prescription

　　秘方 secret prescription (normally of excellent curative effect)

　　祖传秘方   secret prescription handed down from one's ancestors

　　阴阳五行学说 the theory of yin-yang and five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth)

　　心 heart

　　肝 liver

　　脾spleen

　　胃stomach

　　肺 lung

　　肾 kidney

　　内伤七情 （喜、怒、忧、思、悲、恐、惊） internal causes (joy, anger, worry, thought, grief, fear and surprise)

　　外感六淫 (风、寒、暑、湿、燥、火) external causes (wind, cold, heat, wetness, dryness and fire)

　　中药四性 four properties of medicinal herb

　　寒cold

　　热hot

　　温warm

　　凉cool

　　中药五味five tastes of medicinal herb

　　酸sour

　　苦bitter

　　甜sweet

　　辣spicy

　　咸salty

　　按摩message therapy

　　减肥 lose weight

　　经络 main and collateral channels inside human body; meridian

　　食补保健maintain good health through the intake of nourishing food

　　太极拳 Tai chi quan; Tai chi Chuan; Taijiquan boxing

　　延缓衰老 to defer senility

　　药典pharmacopoeia

　　有机整体 an organic whole

　　瑜珈 yoga

　　中国古代药王神农氏 Shennong, herbal medicine master of ancient China

　　中华医学会  Chinese Medical Association

　　安全第一，预防为主  safety first, precaution crucial.