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NIE Hong is an author for whom public information is currently limited; her name appears as the author of medical books. Two of her works are held in the collection: Toxicology of Chinese Materia Medica and Chronic Disease Prevention and Care: Learning to Be Your Own Caregiver, both classified under medicine. Judging from their subjects, her writing addresses two areas: the safety of Chinese herbal medicine and the day-to-day management of chronic disease. The former deals with professional knowledge of toxicology, while the latter is aimed at general readers and emphasizes self-care and prevention. One specialized and one popular, the two books show that she writes for both professional and lay audiences. As her dates of birth and death, nationality, education, and career history have not been confirmed, her personal and academic background cannot yet be described in detail; this introduction can only outline her writing interests on the basis of the works themselves, and further information remains to be added.