中医常用词汇

Terms Commonly Used in TCM

中国医药学　Traditional Chinese Medicine

治未病　prevention of disease

中医基础理论　Basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine

脏腑　zang-organs and fu-organs, viscera

临床经验　clinical experience

功能活动　functional activities

辨证论治　treatment based on syndrome differentiation

形神统一　unity of the body and spirit

本草　materia medica, herbs

阴阳失调　imbalance of yin and yang

中药　Chinese materia medica, Chinese medicinal herbs

条达舒畅　free development

四气五味　four properties and five tastes

延年益寿　prolonging life, promising longevity

针灸　acupuncture and moxibustion, acumox

养生防病　cultivating health to prevent disease

各家学说　theories of different schools

正气　healthy qi, vital qi

汗法　diaphoresis, sweating therapy

病邪　pathogenic factor

下法　purgative therapy, purgation

整体观念　concept of holism

吐法　emetic therapy, vomiting therapy

疾病的本质与现象　nature and manifestations of disease

补土派　school of invigorating the earth

阴阳的相对平衡　relative balance between yin and yang

病因学说　etiology

疾病的发生与发展　occurrence and development of disease

养生　health-cultivation,

同病异治　treating the same disease with different therapies

医疗实践　medical practice

异病同治　treating different diseases with the same therapy

治疗原则　therapeutic principles

五脏　five zang-organs, five zang-viscera

寒凉药物　herbs of cold and cool nature, cold-natured herbs

六腑　six fu-organs, six fu-viscera

滋阴降火　nourishing yin to lower/reduce fire

经络系统　system of meridians and collaterals

滋水涵木　enriching water to nourish wood

余热未尽　incomplete abatement of heat

瘀血致泻　disease caused by blood stasis

有机整体　organic wholeness/integrity

先天之精　congenital essence

表里关系　exterior and interior relation

形与神俱　inseparability of the body and spirit

开窍　opening into

开胃　promoting appetite

自然现象　natural phenomena

脉象　pulse conditions, pulse pattern

哲学概念　philosophical concept

邪正关系　states of pathogenic factors and healthy qi

对立统一　unity of opposites

发热恶寒　fever and aversion to cold

相互消长　mutual waning and waxing

头身疼痛　headache and body pain

相互转化　mutual transformation

久痢脱肛　proctoptosis due to prolonged dysentery

阴阳属性　nature of yin and yang

养阴清热　nourishing yin and clearing away heat

相互联系　interrelation

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

阴阳的互根互用　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

阴阳自和　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

运动变化　motion and variation

子病犯母　disease of the child-organ affecting the mother-organ

正邪相争　struggle/combat between healthy qi and pathogenic factors

肝肾精血不足　insufficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood

相生相克　mutual generation and restriction

肝阳上亢　hyperactivity of liver yang

生我，我生　to be generated and to generate

心肝血虚　asthenia / deficiency of heart and liver blood

克我，我克　to be restricted and to restrict

心肝火旺　exuberance of heart and liver fire　

生中有制　restriction within generation

心火亢盛　hyperactivity/exuberance of heart fire

克中有生　generation within restriction

滋肾养肝　nourishing the kidney and liver

木曰曲直　wood is characterized by growing freely and peripherally

方位配五行　correspondence of the directions to the five elements

火曰炎上　fire is characterized by flaming up

温肾健脾　warming the kidney and strengthening the spleen

土爰稼穑　earth is characterized by cultivation and reaping

肾阳式微　declination of kidney yang

金曰从革　metal is characterized by change

脾阳不振　inactivation of spleen yang

病缓起　gradual onset of disease

脾胃虚弱　hypofunction/weakness of the spleen and stomach

肝阴不足　insufficiency of liver yin

地道不通　menopause

相乘相侮　over-restriction and reverse restriction

平肝和胃　soothing the liver and harmonizing the stomach

水湿停聚　retention of water-dampness

水火不济　discordance between water and fire

肾阴不足　insufficiency of kidney yin

藏象学说　theory of visceral manifestations

心肾不交　disharmony between the heart and kidney

奇恒之腑　extraordinary fu-organs

宣通水道　dredging water passage

水谷精微　cereal nutrients, essence of water and food

通调水道　dredging and regulating water passage

传化水谷　transmission and transformation of food

行气利水　activating qi to excrete water

贮藏精气　storage of essence

水液停滞　retention of fluid

治疗效果　curative / therapeutic effect

后天之本　postnatal / acquired base of life

藏而不泻　storage without excretion

调畅气机　regulating qi activity

泻而不藏　excretion without storage

肝气上逆　upward flow of liver qi

表热里寒　exterior heat and interior cold

水曰润下　water is characterized by moistening and downward flowing

肝旺脾虚　hyperfunction of the liver and weakness of the spleen医.学.全.在线.网.站.提供

脾主运化　the spleen governing transportation and transformation

大肉陷下　obvious emaciation and muscular atrophy, extreme emaciation

肝气郁结　stagnation of liver qi

面色红润　ruddy complexion, rosy cheeks

胆虚证　gallbladder deficiency syndrome

胆虚不得眠　insomnia due to gallbladder asthenia

腐熟水谷　digesting food

导便法　laxation

食欲不振　poor appetite

跌打损伤　traumatic injury

脘腹胀闷　epigastric distension and depression

动静结合　integration of motion and quietness/stillness

嗳气酸腐　eructation with fetid odor

定喘　relieving asthma

泌别清浊　separating the clear from the turbid

心主血脉　the heart controlling blood and vessels

食物残渣　residue of food

心气充沛　abundance of heart qi

大肠主传导　the large intestine governing transmission and transportation

防御外邪入侵　preventing the invasion of exogenous pathogenic factor

癃闭　dysuria, retention of urine, anuria and dysuria

血液充盈　plenty of blood

面黄肌瘦　emaciation with sallow complexion

脉道不利　unsmoothness of vessels

止珠偏斜　strabismus, squint, ocular deviation

面色无华　lusterless complexion

调节水液　regulation of water

脉象细弱　thin and weak pulse

排泄糟粕　excretion of waste material

面色萎黄　sallow complexion

髓海不足　insufficiency of marrow-sea

汗血同源　sweat and blood sharing the same origin

精神委靡　dispiritedness, listlessness, lower spirit

升降出入　ascending, descending, coming in and going out

月经不调　irregular menstruation

气为血帅　qi serves as the commander of the blood

冲任不固　weakness of thoroughfare and conception vessels

气血凝滞　stagnation of qi and blood

经期延长　prolonged menstruation

血瘀　blood stasis

小肠实热　sthenia-heat in the small intestine

气滞腰痛　lumbago due to qi stagnation

气机调畅　smooth activity of qi

气虚滑胎　habitual abortion due to qi asthenia