WHO InternatIOnal Standard termInOlOgIeS On tradItIOnal medIcIne

viiACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific expresses its appreciation to all thosewho contributed to the production of this document.WHO recognizes the people who dedicated their lives to the development of traditional medicine in ourRegion from ancient times particularly the ancestors who are symbolized as Huangdi and Shennong.Appreciation is also extended to the experts who attended the meetings on development of InternationalStandard Terminologies held in Beijing, China; Tokyo, Japan; and Daegu, Republic of Korea, as well as theexternal peer reviewers.We also wish to extend our gratitude to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea for theirfinancial support, to the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine China, the Japan Liaison ofOriental Medicine and the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, without which we would not havebeen able to publish this book.