中医英语词汇

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

脏腑zang-organs and fu-organs, viscera

中医基础理论Basic theory of traditional

Chinese medicine

临床经验clinical experience功能活动functional activities

形神统一unity of the body and spirit

辨证论治treatment based on syndrome

differentiation

本草materia medica, herbs阴阳失调imbalance of yin and yang

中药Chinese materia medica, Chinese medicinal

条达舒畅free development

herbs

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,

六腑six fu-organs, six fu-viscera

cold-natured herbs

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

对立统一unity of opposites

healthy qi

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 阴阳属性nature of yin and yang

dysentery

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