Regulations for Registration of Medicinal Products Article 76-3
A Chinese medicine product is named in Chinese or a foreign language:1. Chinese: No combination with foreign letters or Arabic numerals is allowed, unless they directly convey a meaning.2. Foreign languages: They may be translated from Chinese by means of transliteration or semantic translation.Up to three product names, as set forth in the preceding paragraph, shall be provided for the central health competent authority to approve one of them.Chinese medicine product names that are used for export only shall not be subject to the quantitative limitation set forth in the preceding paragraph if they are directly transliterated from Chinese. However, if such names are not directly transliterated from Chinese, no more than three names shall be approved for each application.
中文原文 藥品查驗登記審查準則第76-3條
中藥之品名之使用方式，分中文及外文：
一、中文：不得夾雜外文或阿拉伯數字。
但具直接意義者，不在此限。
二、外文：得以中文音譯或意譯。
前項品名，至多擬訂三種，由中央衛生主管機關核准其一。
專供外銷中藥品名，由中文直接音譯者，不受前項數量之限制。
但非直接音譯者，每次申請所核准數量，以三種為限。
一、中文：不得夾雜外文或阿拉伯數字。
但具直接意義者，不在此限。
二、外文：得以中文音譯或意譯。
前項品名，至多擬訂三種，由中央衛生主管機關核准其一。
專供外銷中藥品名，由中文直接音譯者，不受前項數量之限制。
但非直接音譯者，每次申請所核准數量，以三種為限。