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 凉燥 ____
desiccation of liquid and blood dryness ____
→ desiccation of liquid: 津枯
warm 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