Sponsored by Shanxi Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, and administrated by the Public Health Department of Shanxi Province, Journal of External Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine is an academic periodical with its distinctive feature of EXTERNAL THERAPY. The Journal aims to disseminate theories of Chinese medicine and pharmacy，and actively promote the modernization development of TCM. While accumulating outstanding academic achievements in China, the Journal combines popularization with the raising of standards, and attaches dual attention on practice and theory as well. It has influence both at home and abroad. The abundant content, high quality and huge capacity of the Journal have made it an indispensable reading book for numerous grass-root clinical practitioners and others interested in TCM. It is also a household reference book.