中医常用英语词汇01

中医常用词汇01

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

脏腑zang-organs and fu-organs, viscera 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

条达舒畅free development

medicinal 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

六腑six fu-organs, six fu-viscera

寒凉药物herbs of cold and cool nature,

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

对立统一unity of opposites

邪正关系states of pathogenic factors and

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

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