Unit 1 An Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine / 1
PART �� LISTENING AND SPEAKING /2
What Is Traditional Chinese Medicine? /2
PART �� READING /4
Text A An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine /4
Text B The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine / 14
PART �� TRANSLATION AND WRITING / 25
How to Introduce Traditional Chinese Medicine /25
PART �� REFLECTION / 29
Unit 2 Philosophies and Concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine / 30
PART �� LISTENING AND SPEAKING /31
Key Concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine / 31
PART �� READING /33
Text A The Theory of Yin and Yang /33
Text B Heart / 43
PART �� TRANSLATION AND WRITING / 51
How to Def ine a Term /51
PART �� REFLECTION / 54
Unit 3�� Diagnosis and Therapeutic Principles of Traditional Chinese
Medicine /55
PART �� LISTENING AND SPEAKING /56
Four Methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine / 56
PART �� READING /57
Text A Principles and Strategies of Treatment / 57
Text B The Four Examinations /66
PART �� TRANSLATION AND WRITING / 74
How to Describe a Pattern /74
PART �� REFLECTION / 77
Unit 4 Acupuncture-moxibustion and Tuina /78
PART �� LISTENING AND SPEAKING /79
The 50th Anniversary of the Broad Use of Acupuncture in the US / 79
PART �� READING /81
Text A Acupuncture and Moxibustion / 81
Text B Gunfa (Rolling Manipulation) / 92
PART �� TRANSLATION AND WRITING / 100
How to Use Moxa / 100
PART �� REFLECTION / 103
Unit 5 Disease Prevention and Treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine /104
PART �� LISTENING AND SPEAKING /105
Asthma and Traditional Chinese Medicine / 105
PART �� READING /107
Text A Parkinson’s Disease: Possible Treatment with Chinese Medicine / 107
Text B Childhood Asthma: The Traditional Chinese Medicine Approach /117
PART �� TRANSLATION AND WRITING / 125
How to Make Suggestions from a Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective / 125
PART �� REFLECTION / 128
Unit 6 Health Preservation in Traditional Chinese Medicine / 129
PART �� LISTENING AND SPEAKING /130
Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine / 130
PART �� READING /132
Text A An Introduction to Medical Qigong / 132
Text B Chinese Medicinal Cuisine /143
PART �� TRANSLATION AND WRITING / 151
How to Introduce the Exercises for Health Preservation /151
PART �� REFLECTION / 154
Unit 7 Overseas Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine /155
PART �� LISTENING AND SPEAKING /156
Prescribing Chinese Medicine Illegal in UK Unless Tested / 156
PART �� READING /158
Text A�� An Historical Review and Perspective on the Impact of Acupuncture on
U.S. Medicine and Society / 158
Text B�� The Challenges of Chinese Medicine Education in the UK /169
PART �� TRANSLATION AND WRITING / 177
How to Describe the Overseas Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine /177
PART �� REFLECTION / 181
Unit 8 Medical Ethics / 182
PART �� LISTENING AND SPEAKING /183
A Good Physician Is Second Best to a Good Prime Minister / 183
PART �� READING /185
Text A Scope of Responsible Practice for Traditional Chinese Medicine / 185
Text B�� Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners’ Ethical Code and Relationships
with Patients / 195
PART �� TRANSLATION AND WRITING / 203
How to Write Ethical Guidelines for Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners / 203
PART �� REFLECTION / 207
Appendix �� Traditional Chinese Medicine Book Titles /208
Appendix �� Acupoints / 214
Appendix �� Glossary / 220
Appendix �� Phrases and Expressions /245
Appendix �� Word Roots and Affixes /253
Appendix ���� Listening Scripts�� Text Translations and Keys to the
Exercises /260