Heat-sensitive moxibustion therapy originated from the classic book the Yellow Emperor’s Canon of Medicine, it based on the clinical, and it is a new moxibustion method which is safe and effictive. As the development of heat-sensitive moxibustion, the research on heat-sensitive moxibustion is on the rise, it has been widely used in the clinical practice of TCM. However, there are few researches on the English translation of heat-sensitive moxibustion terms. This study will put forward the problems and countermeasures in the english translation of heat-sensitive moxibustion terms, in order to give some help which can promote the communication of heat-sensitive moxibustion spread all over the world, and accelerate the process of heat-sensitive moxibustion advance to the world.

Yufang Fan, Shuangquan Hu and Taoan Li. Problems and Countermeasures in the English Translation of Heat-sensitive Moxibustion Terms. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2020), Vol. 2, Issue 9: 93-98. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2020.020913.

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