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 Chinese medicine		脏腑　zang-organs and fu-organs, viscera
临床经验　clinical experience		功能活动　functional activities
辨证论治　treatment based on syndrome differentiation		形神统一　unity of the body and spirit
本草　materia medica, herbs		阴阳失调　imbalance of yin and yang
中药　Chinese materia medica, Chinese medicinal herbs		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		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, cold-natured herbs		六腑　six fu-organs, six fu-viscera
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 healthy qi		对立统一　unity of opposites
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
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
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		心火亢盛　hyperactivity/exuberance of heart fire
克中有生　generation within restriction		滋肾养肝　nourishing the kidney and liver
木曰曲直　wood is characterized by growing freely and peripherally		方位配五行　correspondence of the directions to the five elements
火曰炎上　fire is characterized by flaming up		温肾健脾　warming the kidney and strengthening the spleen
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		脾胃虚弱　hypofunction/weakness of the spleen and stomach
肝阴不足　insufficiency of liver yin		地道不通　menopause
相乘相侮　over-restriction and reverse restriction		平肝和胃　soothing the liver and harmonizing the stomach
水湿停聚　retention of water-dampness		水火不济　discordance between water and fire
肾阴不足　insufficiency of kidney yin		藏象学说　theory of visceral manifestations
心肾不交　disharmony between the heart and kidney		奇恒之腑　extraordinary fu-organs
宣通水道　dredging water passage		水谷精微　cereal nutrients, essence of water and food
通调水道　dredging and regulating water passage		传化水谷　transmission and transformation of food
行气利水　activating qi to excrete water		贮藏精气　storage of essence
水液停滞　retention of fluid		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		泻而不藏　excretion without storage
肝气上逆　upward flow of liver qi		表热里寒　exterior heat and interior cold
水曰润下　water is characterized by moistening and downward flowing		肝旺脾虚　hyperfunction of the liver and weakness of the spleen
脾主运化　the spleen governing transportation and transformation		大肉陷下　obvious emaciation and muscular atrophy, extreme emaciation
肝气郁结　stagnation of liver qi		面色红润　ruddy complexion, rosy cheeks
胆虚证　gallbladder deficiency syndrome		胆虚不得眠　insomnia due to gallbladder asthenia
腐熟水谷　digesting food		导便法　laxation
食欲不振　poor appetite		跌打损伤　traumatic injury
脘腹胀闷　epigastric distension and depression		动静结合　integration of motion and quietness/stillness
嗳气酸腐　eructation with fetid odor		定喘　relieving asthma
泌别清浊　separating the clear from the turbid		心主血脉　the heart controlling blood and vessels
食物残渣　residue of food		心气充沛　abundance of heart qi
大肠主传导　the large intestine governing transmission and transportation		防御外邪入侵　preventing the invasion of exogenous pathogenic factor
癃闭　dysuria, retention of urine, anuria and dysuria		血液充盈　plenty of blood
面黄肌瘦　emaciation with sallow complexion		脉道不利　unsmoothness of vessels
止珠偏斜　strabismus, squint, ocular deviation		面色无华　lusterless complexion
调节水液　regulation of water		脉象细弱　thin and weak pulse
排泄糟粕　excretion of waste material		面色萎黄　sallow complexion
髓海不足　insufficiency of marrow-sea		汗血同源　sweat and blood sharing the same origin
精神委靡　dispiritedness, listlessness, lower spirit		升降出入　ascending, descending, coming in and going out
月经不调　irregular menstruation		气为血帅　qi serves as the commander of the blood
冲任不固　weakness of thoroughfare and conception vessels		气血凝滞　stagnation of qi and blood
经期延长　prolonged menstruation		血瘀　blood stasis
小肠实热　sthenia-heat in the small intestine		气滞腰痛　lumbago due to qi stagnation
气机调畅　smooth activity of qi		气虚滑胎　habitual abortion due to qi asthenia