中医英语基础教程课后习题

English Translation of TCM Medical Terms

Unit 1 A brief introduction to traditional Chinese medicine

1. traditional Chinese medicine

2 .syndrome differentiation and treatment

3. holism

4. correspondence between man and nature

5. returning to the original purity and simplicity/ returning to nature

6. symptoms and signs

7. syndrome

8. dialectical materialism and historical materialism

9. side-effect/ adverse-effect

10. therapeutic effect/ efficacy/curative effect

11. diagnosis and treatment

12. symptomatology

13. integrated/ combined traditional Chinese and Western medicine

14.Miraculous Pivot

15. Plain Questions

16. Huangdi’s Internal Classic

17. Treatise on Cold-damage and Miscellaneous diseases

18. Compendium of Materia Medica

19. A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion

20.Essential Prescriptions for Emergencies

21 Supplement to Essential Prescriptions for Emergencies

22 Classic on Difficult Issues of Medicine Unit Two Yin-yang Theory

Unit 2 Yin-yang Theory

1. the opposition and unity of yin and yang

2. restriction and transformation of yin and yang

3. excess/ predominance of yin leading to/ causing disorder of yang and excess /predominance of yang causing disorder of yin

4. interdependence of yin and yang

5. There would be impossible survival with solitary yin and vice versa.

6. waning and waxing of yin and yang

7. dynamic change

8. quantitative change

9. qualitative change

10. yin-yang figure/ Taiji figure

11. Excess of yin leading to deficiency of yang, or excess of yang leading to deficiency of yin.

12. yin within yang, and yang within yin

13. materialism

14. dynamic balance

15. inter-transformation between yin and yang/mutual transformation of yin and yang

16. infinite divisibility of yin and yang

17. tissues and structure

18. physiological function

19. the opposition and restriction of yin and yang

20. Severe cold will give birth to heat, and severe heat will give birth to cold.

Unit 3 Ying -yang Theory in TCM

1. The lung has the function of dominating qi and controlling breath.

2. the balance/ equilibrium between yin and yang

3. The harmony of yin and yang ensures the harmonious life activities while the disassociation of yin and yang will exhaust essence, and eventually, death occurs.

4. healthy qi

5. pathogenic qi / pathogen/ pathogenic factor

6. cold deficiency syndrome /cold syndrome of deficiency

7. dry-heat syndrome

8. mutual impairment of yin and yang / mutual detriment to yin and yang

9. deficiency of yin affecting yang or deficiency of yang affecting yin

10. Yin deficiency fails to control yin.

11. differentiation according to the eight principles

Unit 4 Five Phase Theory

1. five phase theory / five elements theory

2. generating, generate /engendering

3. restraining , restrict , restriction

4 . restriction and transformation

5. overwhelming/ over-restriction /over-acting /subjugation

6. rebellion / counter-restriction/ reverse-restriction

7. Fire is characterized by flaming (up).

8. Wood is characterized by growing freely.

9. Water is characterized by moistening and flowing downward.

10. Earth is characterized by cultivation and reaping.

11. Metal is characterized by change.

12. five flavors, five colors, five growth and development , five seasons and five notes

13. five sense organs, five body constituents, five emotions and five voices

14. generated/ being generated generating/ to generate

15. restricted/ being restricted restricting/ to restrict

16 .The “generating” element is thought of as the “mother”.

17. The “generated’ element is as the “child”.

18. The disorder of mother-organ affecting/involving the child-organ; the disorder of child-organ affecting/ involving mother-organ

19. ecological equilibrium

20. mother-child relationship

Unit 5 Five Phase Theory in TCM

1 The kidney stores vital essence.

2. The kidney controls water metabolism.

3. The heart-yang has warming function.

4.The liver has the function of smoothing and regulating flow of qi and blood.