Chinese Medical Characters Diagnostic Vocabulary

Download or read book Chinese Medical Characters: Diagnostic vocabulary written by Nigel Wiseman and published by Paradigm Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work is an integral part of the Chinese Medicine Language series for students and practitioners. It presents the first 100 characters based upon frequency of use in medical texts, as well as an overall program designed to help the student acquire the necessary tools for building a thorough vocabulary. This first volume presents the basics of Chinese characters along with the etymologies of the 100 most commonly seen characters. Designed as a workbook, it offers students practice in learning to read, recognize, and write the characters and provides the basic tools that students need to become familiar with the written language of Chinese medicine and thereby enrich their studies."--Publisher.