Teach Yourself to Read Modern Medical Chinese: A Step-by-Step Workbook & Guide

This is the 1st workbook ever written specifically to help acupuncturists and practitioners of Chiense medicine to directly access the Chinese medical literature in Chinese. Conversational and easy to follow, the author shares all the "quick & dirty" methods he's used to teach himself. You can begin translating modern medical Chinese within hourse! You wil learn: how to look up a Chinese character in a dictionary; how to interpret characters once you've found them; how to use quick "cheat-sheets" for identifying acupuncture point names, medicinals, formulas, and commonly used medical words and phrases; how to purchase medical books and journals by mail; what to translate and what not to as a beginner. The book is wire-bound for ease of use.