In order to adapt the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in 21st century, and meet the need of international education of TCM, Higher Education Press organizes high universities of TCM to compile a set of national planned university textbooks for international traditional Chinese medicine education, and Formulus of Traditional Chinese Medicine is included in this set of textbooks. Based on carefully summarizing international teaching experiment ct high universities of TCM, the textbook is compiled by the empirical teachers who are engaged in the international teaching occupation long term. The textbook is elected as 11th Five-Year National Planned Textbooks for Higher Education
      
Based on classic theory and the development of TCM, this textbook expounds the basic prescriptions, typical prescriptions and commonly used clinical prescriptions, which manifest the basic theory including the basic therapy, modern application and identification of TCM. This book is distinct in its focal points and terse in its writing. Following the purpose of "the key point of medicine is modification, and the key point of prescriptions is combination", the textbook emphasizes combination feature of a formula, pays attention to modification in clinic and is consistent with clinical actuality. The English part of this textbook is compiled by academic studio of Science of Prescriptions and English of Heilongjiang University of TCM and some experts of Beijing University of TCM. In the process of translation, the experts perform severe and standard program, and thoroughly consider expression habit of people who use English in their countries, it is not only practical for the beginners with certain competence of English to study TCM, but also can serve as standard textbooks for international students fn universities and colleges of TCM in China to study and practice TCM. For those from TCM field who are going to go abroad to do academic exchange, it will provide them with unexpected convenience.