中医常用词汇英文翻译

中医常用词汇英文翻译

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中医常用词汇

中国医药学

Traditional Chinese Medicine

中医基础理论

Basic theory of traditional

Chinese medicine

临床经验

clinical experience

辨证论治

treatment based on syndrome

differentiation

本草

materia medica, herbs

中药

Chinese materia medica, Chinese

medicinal herbs

Terms Commonly Used in TCM

治未病

prevention of disease

脏腑

zang-organs and fu-organs, viscera

功能活动

functional activities

形神统一

unity of the body and spirit

阴阳失调

imbalance of yin and yang

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

汗法

diaphoresis, sweating therapy

下法

purgative therapy, purgation

吐法

emetic therapy, vomiting therapy

正气

healthy qi, vital qi

病邪

pathogenic factor

整体观念

concept of holism

疾病的本质与现象

nature and manifestations of

disease

阴阳的相对平衡

relative

balance

between

yin

and

yang

疾病的发生与发展

occurrence and development of

disease

同病异治

treating the same disease with

different therapies

异病同治

treating different diseases with the

same therapy

补土派

school of invigorating the earth

病因学说

etiology

养生

health- cultivation,

医疗实践

medical practice

治疗原则

therapeutic principles

寒凉药物

herbs of cold and cool nature,

cold-natured herbs

滋阴降火

nourishing yin to lower/reduce

fire

五脏

five zang- organs, five zang-viscera

六腑

six fu-organs, six fu-viscera

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

先天之精

congenital essence

形与神俱

inseparability of the body and

spirit

开胃

promoting appetite

脉象

pulse conditions, pulse pattern

邪正关系

states of pathogenic factors and

healthy qi

有机整体

organic wholeness/integrity

表里关系

exterior and interior relation

开窍

opening into

自然现象

natural phenomena

哲学概念

philosophical concept

对立统一

unity of opposites

发热恶寒

fever and aversion to cold

头身疼痛

headache and body pain

久痢脱肛

proctoptosis due to prolonged

dysentery

养阴清热

nourishing yin and clearing away

heat

清肺热

clear away lung-heat

湿邪犯肺

pathogenic dampness invading the

lung

清热泻火

clearing away heat and reducing

fire

腠理

muscular interstices, striae,

interstitial space

水湿停滞

retention of water and dampness,

water retention

癃闭

retention of urine

相互消长

mutual waning and waxing

相互转化

mutual transformation

阴阳属性

nature of yin and yang

相互联系

interrelation

相互制约

mutual restraint, mutual

restriction/interaction

动态平衡

dynamic equilibrium

阴平阳秘

yin and yang in equilibrium

阴阳的互根互用

interdependence of yin and yang

相互依存

interdependence

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

阳消阴长

yang waning and yin waxing

阴胜则阳病

predominance of yin leading to

disorder of yang

阴胜则阳病

an excess of yin leads to

deficiency of yang

阳胜则热

predominance of yang generating

heat

寒极生热

extreme cold generating heat

热极生寒

extreme heat generating cold

生理功能

physiological functions

病理变化

pathological changes

临床诊断

clinical diagnosis

阳胜生外热

exuberance of yang leading to

exterior heat

阳中求阴

obtaining yang from yin

绝对偏盛

absolute predominance

阳虚则寒

yang deficiency leading to cold

阴阳俱损

simultaneous consumption of yin and

yang

阴阳两虚

simultaneous

deficiency

of

both

yin

and

yang

阳损及阴

impairment of yang involving yin

阴液不足

insufficiency of yin-fluid

病机总纲

general principle of pathogenesis

阳虚发热

fever due to yang deficiency

病机

pathomechanism, pathological

mechanism

阴阳胜复

alternative predominance of yin

and yang

虚寒证

deficiency-cold syndrome

阴阳自和

natural harmony between yin and yang

木乘土

the wood over-restrains the earth

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

母病及子

disease of the mother-organ affecting

the child- organ

传变

transmission of disease, progress of

disease

子病犯母

disease of the child-organ affecting

the mother-organ

潜阳熄风

suppressing yang to quench wind

五行学说

theory of five elements

运动变化

motion and variation

正邪相争

struggle/combat

between

healthy

qi

肝肾精血不足

insufficiency of liver and kidney

and pathogenic factors

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

克中有生

generation within restriction

木曰曲直

wood is characterized by growing

freely and peripherally

心火亢盛

hyperactivity/exuberance

of

heart

fire

滋肾养肝

nourishing the kidney and liver

方位配五行

correspondence of the directions to

the five elements

温肾健脾

warming the kidney and strengthening

the spleen

火曰炎上

fire

is

characterized

by

flaming

up

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

肝阴不足

insufficiency of liver yin

相乘相侮

over- restriction and reverse

restriction

水湿停聚

retention of water-dampness

肾阴不足

insufficiency of kidney yin

心肾不交

disharmony between the heart and

kidney

宣通水道

dredging water passage

通调水道

dredging and regulating water

passage

行气利水

activating qi to excrete water

水液停滞

retention of fluid

脾胃虚弱

hypofunction/weakness of the spleen

and stomach

地道不通

menopause

平肝和胃

soothing

the

liver

and

harmonizing

the

stomach

水火不济

discordance between water and fire

藏象学说

theory of visceral manifestations

奇恒之腑

extraordinary fu-organs

水谷精微

cereal

nutrients,

essence

of

water

and

food

传化水谷

transmission and transformation of

food

贮藏精气

storage of essence

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

肝气上逆

upward flow of liver qi

泻而不藏

excretion without storage

表热里寒

exterior heat and interior cold

水曰润下

water is characterized by

moistening and downward flowing

脾主运化

the spleen governing

transportation and transformation

肝气郁结

stagnation of liver qi

胆虚证

gallbladder deficiency syndrome

腐熟水谷

digesting food

食欲不振

poor appetite

脘腹胀闷

epigastric distension and

depression

嗳气酸腐

eructation with fetid odor

泌别清浊

separating the clear from the

turbid

食物残渣

residue of food

大肠主传导

the large intestine governing

transmission and transportation

肝旺脾虚

hyperfunction

of

the

liver

and

weakness

of the spleen

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大肉陷下

obvious emaciation and muscular

atrophy, extreme emaciation

面色红润

ruddy complexion, rosy cheeks

胆虚不得眠

insomnia

due

to

gallbladder

asthenia

导便法

laxation

跌打损伤

traumatic injury

动静结合

integration of motion and

quietness/stillness

定喘

relieving asthma

心主血脉

the

heart

controlling

blood

and

vessels

心气充沛

abundance of heart qi

防御外邪入侵

preventing the invasion of

exogenous pathogenic factor

癃闭

dysuria,

retention

of

urine,

anuria

and

血液充盈

plenty of blood

dysuria

面黄肌瘦

emaciation with sallow complexion

脉道不利

unsmoothness of vessels

止珠偏斜

strabismus, squint, ocular

deviation

调节水液

regulation of water

排泄糟粕

excretion of waste material

髓海不足

insufficiency of marrow-sea

精神委靡

dispiritedness, listlessness,

lower spirit

月经不调

irregular menstruation

冲任不固

weakness of thoroughfare and

conception vessels

经期延长

prolonged menstruation

小肠实热

sthenia-heat in the small

intestine

气机调畅

smooth activity of qi

中医英语常用词汇英文翻译

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面色无华

lusterless complexion

脉象细弱

thin and weak pulse

面色萎黄

sallow complexion

汗血同源

sweat

and

blood

sharing

the

same

origin

升降出入

ascending, descending, coming in and

going out

气为血帅

qi

serves

as

the

commander

of

the

blood

气血凝滞

stagnation of qi and blood

血瘀

blood stasis

气滞腰痛

lumbago due to qi stagnation

气虚滑胎

habitual abortion due to qi asthenia

气化不利

dysfunction of qi in transformation

畏寒喜热

aversion to cold and preference for heat

气分热盛

excessive heat at qi phase

气郁化热

stagnation of qi transforming into heat

温养脏腑

warming and nourishing the viscera

瘀血阻络

blood stasis obstructing the collaterals

清肺润燥

clearing the lung and moistening dryness

破瘀通经

breaking blood stasis to promote menstruation

内伤头疼

headache due to internal injury

祛瘀

eliminating stasis, expelling stasis

逆传心包

reverse transmission into the pericardium

气不摄血

failure of qi to check the blood

宁心安神

calming the heart and tranquilizing the mind

血液循行

circulation of the blood

惊悸不安

palpitation due to fright

气的运动形式

the moving styles of qi

血液生成不足

insufficient production of the blood

平肝止血

soothing the liver to stop bleeding

血液亏虚

deficiency of the blood

离经之血

abnormal flow of the blood

津液的形状、功能与分布

form, function, and distribution of

the body fluid

气血生化之源

source

for

the

production

and

transformation

of

qi and blood

脉细无力

thin and weak pulse

肌肤干燥

dry skin

肌肤甲错

squamous and dry skin

血脉调和流畅

smooth and normal flow of the blood

脏腑火热炽盛

exuberant fire and heat in the viscera

机体正常水液

normal fluid inside the body

热迫血分

heat invading the blood phase

气滞津停

retention of fluid due to stagnation of qi

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

津液的营养和滋润作用

the

nourishing

and

moistening

functions

of the body fluid

津液的生成、输布和排泄

production, distribution, and

excretion of the body fluid

腹痛拒按

unpalpable abdominal pain

脾的“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

胃的“游溢精气”

the

function

of

the

stoma

ch

to

“distribute

essence”

津液生化匮乏

scanty production of the body fluid

津液的代谢平衡

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

common 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