中医英语词汇

heat

清肺热clear away lung-heat 相互制约mutual restraint, mutual

restriction/interaction

湿邪犯肺pathogenic dampness invading the

lung

动态平衡dynamic equilibrium

清热泻火clearing away heat and reducing

fire

阴平阳秘yin and yang in equilibrium

腠理muscular interstices, striae, interstitial

space

阴阳得互根互用interdependence of yin and yang

水湿停滞retention of water and dampness,

water retention

相互依存interdependence

癃闭retention of urine 阴阳离绝separation of yin and yang

气血运行circulation/flow of qi and blood 相反相成opposite and supplementary to each

阴阳转化transformation between yin and

yang

生理功能physiological functions

阳消阴长yang waning and yin waxing 病理变化pathological changes

阴胜则阳病predominance of yin leading to

disorder of yang

临床诊断clinical diagnosis

阴胜则阳病an excess of yin leads to deficiency of yang 阳胜生外热exuberance of yang leading to exterior heat

阳胜则热predominance of yang generating

heat

阳中求阴obtaining yang from yin

寒极生热extreme cold generating heat 绝对偏盛absolute predominance

热极生寒extreme heat generating cold 阳虚则寒yang deficiency leading to cold

阳损及阴impairment of yang involving yin 阴阳俱损simultaneous consumption of yin and

yang

阴液不足insufficiency of yin-fluid 阴阳两虚simultaneous deficiency of both yin and

yang

病机总纲general principle of pathogenesis 阳虚发热fever due to yang deficiency

病机pathomechanism, pathological

mechanism

阴阳自与natural harmony between yin and yang 阴阳胜复alternative predominance of yin

and yang

木乘土the wood over-restrains the earth

虚寒证deficiency-cold syndrome 木火刑金wood-fire impairs the metal

扶阳退阴strengthening yang to reduce yin 金水相生generation between the metal and

water

祛风散寒expelling/eliminating wind to dispersing cold 生克制化interrelationship between generation and restriction

消导积滞promoting digestion and removing

food retention

制则生化restriction ensuring generation

潜阳熄风suppressing yang to quench wind 母病及子disease of the mother-organ affecting

the child-organ

五行学说theory of five elements 传变transmission of disease, progress of

disease

寒凝气滞stagnation of cold and qi 身倦乏力lassitude

气滞血瘀qi stagnation and blood stasis 伤津脱液consumption and loss of the body fluid

津液得营养与滋润作用the nourishing and moistening functions of the body fluid 津液得生成、输布与排泄production, distribution, and excretion of the body fluid

腹痛拒按unpalpable abdominal pain 脾得“散精”功能the function of the spleen to

“dissipate essence”

津液不足insufficiency of the body fluid 水液停聚retention of water

奇经八脉eight extraordinary vessels, eight extraordinary meridians 胃得“游溢精气”the function of the stomach to “distribute essence”

津液生化匮乏scanty production of the body fluid 津液得代谢平衡the metabolic balance of the body fluid

热盛耗伤津液consumption of the body fluid due to excessive heat 风为百病之长wind is the leading factor in causing various diseases

水液代谢障碍disturbance of water

metabolism

气随津脱exhaustion of qi due to loss of body fluid

水湿困脾dampness encumbering the spleen 濡养肌肤moistening and nourishing the skin

湿邪内盛exuberance of interior dampness 经脉之海sea of meridians

脾虚水肿edema due to spleen deficiency 滋养脏腑moistening and nourishing the viscera 运行全身气血transporting qi and blood in the

whole body

十二经别twelve branches of meridians

联络脏腑肢节connecting with viscera, limbs

and joints

经别divergent meridians

循行路线running route 经气meridian qi

十二正经twelve regular meridians 十二皮部twelve skin areas, twelve skin

regions/divisions

经隧阻滞blockage of meridians 十二经筋twelve meridian tendons

经穴meridian acupoints, Jing-River acupoint 饮食劳倦improper diet and overstrain

经络辨证syndrome differentiation according

to meridians

风寒感冒mon cold due to wind-cold

经络感传meridian conduction, channel

transmission

湿热泄泻diarrhea due to damp-heat

经络现象meridian phenomena 内生五邪five endogenous pathogenic factors

经络阻滞blockage of meridians 风邪外袭pathogenic wind attacking the

superficies

舒筋活络relaxing tendons and activating

collaterals

游走性关节疼痛migratory arthralgias

刺血疗法blood-pricking therapy 阳气衰退decline of yang-qi

外感六淫attacked by six climate pathogenic

factors

六淫six climatic evils

感受寒邪attacked by pathogenic cold 经闭发肿amenorrhea with edema

虚实夹杂deficiency plicated with excess, asthenia plicated with sthenia 邪正盛衰predominance or decline of pathogenic factors and healthy qi

寒性凝滞cold tending to stagnate by nature 病症得虚实变化asthenia and sthenia changes of

disease

中医常用词汇03－中药针灸等