中医英语术语翻译重点

中医英语术语翻译重点

天人相应

Correspondence of human body and natural environment

辨证论治

treatment based onsyndrome differentiation

针灸

acupuncture and moxibustion

寒凉药物

herbs cold and cool in nature

滋阴降火

nourishing yin and reducing fire

整体观念

concept of holism

开窍

(of the five zang- organs) open into

生长化收藏

sprout, grow, transform, ripen and store

同病异治

different therapeutic methods used to treat the same disease

异病同治

same therapeutic method used to treating different diseases

从阴引阳

drawing yang from yin

阴平阳秘

balance of yin and yang

寒极生热

extreme cold generating heat

热极生寒

extreme heat gernerating cold

病机总纲

general rule of pathogenesis

祛风散寒

eliminating wind and dispersing cold

实则泻之

treating excess syndromes with reduction

虚寒证

deficiency cold syndrome

实热症

excess heat syndrome

潜阳熄风

suppressing yang and eliminating wind

补其不足

supplement insufficiency

泻其有余

reduce excess

五行学说

the theory of five elements

木曰曲直

wood characterized by bending and straightening

火曰炎上

fire characterized by flaring up

土爰稼穑

earth characterized by sowing and reaping

金曰从革

metal characterized by clearing and changing

水曰润下

water characterized by moistening and descending

母病及子

illness of mother viscera affecting the child one

子病及母

illness of child viscera affecting the mother one

相乘相侮

over restriction and counter-restriction

心火亢盛

exuberant fire in the heart

肾阳式微

declination of kidney yang

平肝和胃

soothing the liver and harmonizing the stomach

水火不济

between water and fire

奇恒之腑

extraordinary fu-organs

藏象学说

the theory of visceral manifestation

藏而不泻

storage without discharge

泻而不藏

discharge without storage

形体诸窍

physical build and various orifices

其华在面

the luster manifesting upon the face

满而不实

full but not to be solid

实而不满

solid but not to be full

心主血脉

heart governing blood and vessels

肺司呼吸

lung controlling breathing

脾主运化

spleen governing transportation and transformation

肝主疏泄

liver controlling conveyance and dispersion

肾主藏精

kidney governing storing essence

面色无华

lusterless complexion

汗血同源

sweat and blood sharing the same origin

升降出入

ascending, descending, going out and going in

宣发肃降

dispersion, purification and descent

后天之本

acquired base of life

肝气逆上

upward adverse flow of liver qi

先天之精

innate essence

奇恒之腑

extraordinary fu-organs

孤俯

isolated fu-organ

腐熟水谷

digest water and food

七冲门

the seven important portals

胆主决断

The gallbladder is responsible for making judgment

泌别清浊

separating the lucid from the turbid

大肠主津

The large intestine governs thin body fluid

小肠主液

The small intestine governs thick body fluid

先天禀赋

innateness

温养腑脏

warming and nourishing the viscera

津血同源

body fluid and blood sharing the same origin

气为血帅，血为气母

Qi commands the blood and the blood carries qi.

益气固脱

nourishing qi to stop collapse

奇经八脉

eight extraordinary vessels

十二经筋

tendons of the twelve regular meridians

舒经活络

soothing meridians and activating collaterals

刺络拔罐

collateral pricking and cupping therapy

腠理闭塞

stagnation of interstitial space

湿邪困脾

pathogenic dampness obstructing the spleen

外感六淫

six excesses pathogenic factors

饮食劳倦

mproper diet and overstrain

阳常有余，阴常不足

Yang is usually excessive while yin is frequently deficient.

四大经典

Four GreatClassic:

Huangdi s Canon of Medicine

黄帝内经

Classic of Difficulties

难经

Shennong s Classic of Materia Medica

神农本草经

Rreatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases

伤寒杂病论

四气

four properties:cold,,hot,warm,cool