Since China is the original place of Kampo（漢方薬－中薬）we are sometimes
in need of reading Chinese Scientific paper. However, many Japanese
students tend to be afraid of reading it simply because they don't
study Chinese properly.
Apart from learning Chinese conversation (Pronunciation is too
complex to master quickly) and full grammar, reading Chinese scientific
paper is not so difficult for Japanese who can read Kanji as common
character.
Japanese ancestors read Chinese literature as Kanbun（漢文）.
However, some technique is requested for understanding the content.
A minimum requirement for reading Chinese scientific paper is
presented.
1. Aware the difference of abbreviation (simplified) system. Some of them are common for both country, but others are quite different. such as: 乾，無，葉, 従, 動，機，過，陽，陰，応，補，進，護，際，時，図，還，環，構，態，備，総，響，標，種，勝，確，衛，薬.
2. Minimum requirement
for the technical term, such as element which is classified
as
metal, Li, Na, Mg…（金偏）,
non-metal-solid, B, C, Si, S..（石偏）,
liquid, Br, Hg（三水・シ）and
gas, H, He, O, N…（気構）.
Hydrocarbon, alkane, alkene, Me, Et, Pr, Bu…（甲, 乙,
丙, 丁・・・）,
Primary, sec, tert, quart…（伯，仲，叔，季）
Main functional groups (1):
hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl…(derived from Element characters:
H + O = OH, C + O = C=O etc)
Main functional groups(2):
alcohol, aldehyde, ketone（酒偏 meaning fermantation）
Aromatic, o, m, p, （隣－略字，間，対）
Amine, amide, peptide, nitrile（肉月）
Natural products: terpenoids, alkaloid, glycoside, aglycone
Etc: Ion（離－略字－子）,
chiral（手性）,
salt（塩－略字）,
column chromatography（柱色譜）,
IR （紅外光譜），
silica gel（硅［月交］）etc