External Causes of Disease
外感病因
New Terms, Phrases and Expressions
The common words that form TCM terms in this section are listed below. Please translate the example terms in the places provided.
| Term | Meaning | Example and Its Translation |
|---|---|---|
| cause | 原因 |
外因 ____ internal cause ____ cause neither internal nor external ____ |
| pathogen | （病）邪，邪气 |
外邪 ____ yin pathogen ____ |
| contraction | 感（受疾病） |
外感 ____ new contraction ____ external contraction of wind-cold ____ |
| six excesses | 六淫 |
six-excess external contraction ____ six excesses entering the blood aspect ____ → blood aspect: 血分 |
| summerheat | 暑（邪） |
暑湿 ____ summerheat stroke ____ → stroke: 中 |
| dampness | 湿（邪） |
湿浊 ____ lower energizer dampness-heat ____ |
| dryness | 燥 |
凉燥 ____ desiccation of liquid and blood dryness ____ → desiccation of liquid: 津枯 |
| warm | 温 |
温邪 ____ → 邪：pathogen warm purgation ____ → purgation: 下（法） |
| pestilence | 疫疗，瘟疫 |
pestilential pathogen ____ treatise on pestilence ____ → treatise: 论（著） |
| convulsion | 痉（挛的） |
febrile* convulsion with chills ____ infantile* convulsion |