The compilation of China's first comprehensive bibliography of
traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacology has been completed.
The Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medical Books and
Records, to be published by the Shanghai Science and Technology
Press, lists more than 23,000 volumes of books and records on
traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacology written from the
pre-Qin Dynasty days (about 2,000 years ago) to the end of the 20th
century.
The five-million-character dictionary not only includes a complete
list of traditional Chinese medical literature kept within China
but also covers rare books which are spread throughout the
world.
The bibliography has taken more than 300 medical experts over 10
years to compile.
Experts say it will be invaluable to the research and development
of traditional Chinese medicine.
(Xinhua News
Agency March 11, 2002)