Before Western medicine was introduced in China, the Chinese already had a medical therapy based on a philosophy of balance with nature. But this article is about the first Chinese woman with Nobel Prize in Medicine. Vocabulary glass ceiling [ˈɡlas ˈsēliNG] n. -an unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities. "...the first female to break through the glass ceiling in Engineering" pioneering [ˌpīəˈniriNG] adj. - involving new ideas or methods Her discovery of the vaccine component is pioneering. compendium [kəmˈpendēəm] n. - a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge: abstract. The “Compendium of Materia Medica” has been hailed by UNESCO as “the most complete and comprehensive medical book ever written in the history of traditional Chinese medicine.” benchmark [ˈben(t)SHmärk] n. - a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed. The work remains a b