Draft Gloss Trad

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Copyright 2009 Eastland Press, Inc.

ranslating traditional Chinese terminology is aascinating but rustrating task, just as readingtranslations o traditional Chinese texts can be.

ranslators are caught in a number o binds. Literal

translations are oten misleading; seemingly precise

translations are inaccurate; and accurate translations

can be so vague as to be almost meaningless, or so

long as to constitute minor treatises. Phrases or terms

that are elegant and ow beautiully in Chinese can be

extremely awkward and even silly in English. Tere are

a tremendous number o variables in the mix and so we

believe that every audience and every text requires a

specic type o translation.

Our overall approach to translation is to make the

transmission o the concepts as transparent as possible.

We have attempted to avoid neologisms and other

unnecessarily odd terminology, and have sacriced

a modicum o word-to-word consistency in order

to enhance clarity. While there are many technical

terms in Chinese medicine, the majority are more

akin to those o wine tasting than o biomedicine.Tey are likely to be at least somewhat intelligible to

the uninitiated and, in general, not a barrier to the

interested nonproessional reader picking up and

reading medical texts. Also we believe that an open

and amiliar terminology has the possibility o enabling

readers to ocus on the subtleties and depths o the

medical concepts, rather than stumbling over odd

words. Other translators have dierent perspectives.

As plurality is one o the strengths o Chinese medicine

and there are always dierent ways to approach a

subject and an audience, there are many acceptabletranslations.

We believe that it is the task o the translator to

translate, not transliterate, and in the past the only

words that we have let in transliterated orm are yin,

yang, and qi. Only rarely will there be a term that we

nd nearly impossible to translate, and or these we

have surrendered to the inevitable and used thepnyn

transliteration, as ing toxin (g d). Some o our

authors believe that other terms, such as the names o

the six warps or stages, or o the extraordinary vessels,

also require transliteration, and thereore useti

yang,di mi, etc.

Tis glossary is both a work in progress and a simple

utility to help us with our work. Some o the entries

are technical medical terms that are included here to

acilitate consistency in translation and editing; othersprovide our authors with some pretty decent ways to

translate certain terms; and admittedly some important

terms have been inadvertently omitted. In addition

we recognize that, at least since the later Han dynasty,

Chinese words are usually made up o two or more

characters. Tis means that many o the single term

translations in this gloss, even though we have tried

to reect usage in multiple contexts, may not work

in a given situation and so would then be replaced by

a more appropriate translation. Many terms used in

medical texts, e.g., sun or the sour avor orxio bin or urine, are not included, as they are both

common and uncontroversial. Similarly terms that

would not pose any problem to writers working with

us, such as Spleen deciency or p x, have also

been omitted.

Note that the ongoing project o developing a

drat gloss has grown as an aid to help people writing

books or our company and has no pretense o being

a systematically prepared text. Tis glossary was rst

created in 1983 and has continuously evolved eversince. It has stemmed rom a long series o discussions

and relatively rigorous research on the part o many

translators. While many others have been involved, the

primary contributors have been Randall Barolet, Dan

Bensky, Steven Clavey, Andrew Gamble, Guohui Liu,

Volker Scheid and Boping Wu.

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n quiets [preerred], calms, rests

n shn quiets the spirit\

n ti quiets the etus

o no anguish and vexation

b gng eight parameters

b hu xu eight meeting points

b draws out, uproot

b d uproots toxicity

bi diwhite vaginal discharge

bi ho diptherial disorder

bi pimiliaria alba

bi xi fngwhite scaling wind

bi deeats, overcomes, corrupts

bi d overcomes toxin

bi xu corrupted blood

bn spots, maculae

bn zhn rashes

bo guards (e.g., Stomach), protects, takes care o

boWomb, Bladder, or (when ambiguous)

gestation membranes

bo zhun twisted Bladder or gestation

membranes

bo thin, imsy

bo sudden, violent

bo mng sudden visual ailure

bi sorrow, sadness, being disheartened

bi sh xu back associated points

bn run wild

bn tn running piglet [disorder]

bng

prouse uterine bleeding, gushing

bng lu irregular uterine bleeding

b orces, compels, presses

b qio nasal passages or nasal orice

b yun deep-source nasal congestion

b blocked

b repels, clears away

b hu clears away oulness

b jng amenorrhea

b zhng closed-type stroke

b zhng [painul] obstruction

b zh nasal piles

bin tng loose stool

bin zhng pattern dierentiation

bio bnmaniestation and root OR branch

and root OK

bio b g instability o the exterior

bng f [natural] endowment

bng j pathodynamic

b thin, imsy

b

contend

b mi insomnia

b tonies

b spread out/ spread throughout

b chng impeded

b nngmalaise, uneasy, disquiet

b rn unbearable

b rn insensitivity; lack o sensation

b sh

uncomortable

b tng no passage [through], [x] does not

aord passage, no ree owing, blockage

b zhn listless, sluggish, not aroused

b z insufciency

cn cn dull [as in pain]

co z indenable epigastric discomort

ch shu mo xn cross hands to cover the

heartchn hu fng entangling throat wind

disorder

chn du quivering

chng fng Intestinal wind

chng f b tng lack o passage through

the Intestines

chng k desiccated Intestines


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chng mi long pulse

chng yng Intestinal abscess

chng acilitated, patent, open, unimpeded

chng q j acilitates the qi dynamic

chng shn ease the spirit

cho r tidal ever or aternoon tidal ever

ch remove

chn bloating

chn deputy [ingredient]

chn mi submerged pulse

chng overwhelms, encroaches on, rides, travels

chng p exploits/ encroaches on the Spleen

ch mi proximal pulse

ch mi slow pulse

ch zng slack

ch bi di red and white vaginal discharge

ch r blazing heat

chng ull, ample, brimming [adj.]; lls up [v.]

chng t promotes earth

chng gushes, ushes

chng mi penetrating vessel [chng mi OK]

chng xi ushes downward

chu chmuscle twitches, tics

chu grie

ch eliminates, gets rid o

ch fn eliminates irritability

ch sh eliminates dampness

ch alarm

chunwheezing

chun tng pain that penetrates through to the

back

chung yng sores

chn wn spring-warmth

cng sharpens, improves

cng r improves hearing

cu bears [on]

cu l interstices and pores

c mi rapid-irregular pulse

cun scurry, ee [v.]; expeditious [adj.]

cu expedites, promotes

cu r promotes lactation

cn mi distal pulse

cu kng [hallucinations characterized by]

grasping at air

cu tng squeezing pain

cu shn contusion and sprain

cu zng interlocked [complex]

d spreads out, thrusts out

d bin b shung incomplete/unnished

and irregular bowel movementsd bin tng b semiliquid stools

d b powerully tonies

d chng y ku exhausted Large Intestine

uids

d chng Large Intestine

d mi large pulse

d q great qi

d tu wnmassive head ebrile disorder

di atigue and lethargy

di mi consistently irregular pulse

di mi girdle vessel [di mi OK]

di yng upcast yang, [ace] made up with yang

dn d erysipelas

dn nu pure heat malaria

dn tin cinnabar eld

dn

Gallbladderdn hng pink

dn shn l sh blandly leaches out and

resolves dampness

dng ush away usually in dng d

dng d r xi ush away pathogenic heat

do guides out

do j guide out accumulation


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do zh guides out stagnation

do hn night sweats

do jng inverted menses

do q pilers qi

d r low-grade ever

d scours [out], ushes [away]

d tn scours out phlegm

dinwithdrawal; yin madness

din kungwithdrawal-mania, insanity,

psychosis

din xin seizures

dng rooted sores

dng settles [down]

dng chun

settles [down] wheezing

dng d rooted toxic sores

dng fng settles wind

dng jng settles [down] jitteriness, convulsions,

right, or shock

dng jng settles tremors/convulsions

dng zh settles the emotions, ocuses the mind,

settles the resolve

dng wn

winter-warmthdng yu f shwinter-extruding lurking

summerheat

dng disturb, move, disrupt, stir, agitate [v.];

disruption, perturbation, stirring, agitation [n.]

dng bng disruptive disease

dng mimoving/disturbed pulse

dng xi cavernous diarrhea

du s binding connement

du pox

d miGoverning vessel [d mi OK]

d toxin

d q toxic qi

dun mi short pulse

du mi zhng excessive sleeping

du yn excessive drinking

du plunders

du indolence

noxious

chung noxious sores

holds [something] in, hinders, retains, traps

n hiccough

r lng deaness

r mng tinnitus

xu noxious blood

zhng noxious attack

f stimulates, promotes. induces, discharges [in tx

strategy]; develops, maniests [in pathology]

f bi headed at abscesses o the back

f bio

discharges exterior conditions

f hn induces sweating

f sn discharges and disperses

f hew, curtail, cut down

f gn hew/curtail the Liver

fn l kng sh outside hedge has holes

fn aring

fn irritability

fn tng achy and uncomortable

fn yun distress

fn zo irritability and restlessness

fn k reverse control

fn mi transposed pulse

fn wi upset stomach

fn wi stomach reux, upset stomach

fn accosts, trespasses

fng impedes

fng f prevents putrecation

fi Lungs

fi q b xun ailure o the Lung to

disseminate qi

fi yng Lung abscess

fn level or sector [in]; aspect [elsewhere]


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fn l sh r separates and drains out damp-

heat

fn ru esh interstices

fn cwhite thorns, pimples

fngwind

fng fi[]

disability rom wind

fng hnwind-cold

fng hn sh biowind-cold etters the

exterior

fng hn x fiwind-cold assaults the

Lungs

fng lowind consumption

fng rwind-heat

fng sh

wind-dampnessfng shuwind edema

fng wnwind-warmth

fng yn zhnwind concealed rash; urticaria

fng zowind-dryness

fng zhnwind rash

f supports

f lurking

f hu

lurking re

f ling hidden beam

f mi oating pulse

f mi hidden pulse

f q lurking qi

f r lurking heat

f zhng supports the normal [qi]

f zhng oating edema

f

yang organs, bowels

fmoldy; putrees, decompose, decomposition

f dwelling [as in lower back is the

dwelling o the Kidneys]

f d ji xn adding rewood under the

cauldron

f d chu xn removing rewood rom

under the cauldron

f abdomen

f mi restores the pulse

f xi diarrhea

gn Liver

gn fng ni ch internal blazing o Liver

wind

gn fng ni dng internal stirring o Liver

wind

gn hu shng yn upward blazing o liver

re

gn hu wang exuberant Liver re

gn j childhood nutritional impairment [Also,

esp. in, reers to progressive sores or ulcers, as

is and]

gn li chng p

Liver comes to overwhelmthe Spleen

gn q hng fn transverse rebellion o

Liver qi accosting [the Spleen]

gn q y ji constrained and clumped

Liver qi

gn yng shng kng ascendant Liver yang

gn zh sh xi Liver governs dredging

and draining

gng

rigorous

ga ln turbid painul urinary dribbling [cloudy

OK]

g diaphragm

g rejecting/repelling

g fn sensation o irritability in the diaphragm

g mi leather pulse

gng d attacks toxin

gng j

attacks accumulationgng shng attacks upwards

gng xi purges

gng zh hn j attack and drive out cold

accumulation

gu oul, lth

g yng orphaned yang

g bones


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g b painul obstruction o the bone

g dg toxin

g ji tng fn bones and joints are achy

and bothersome

g q ood qi

g w

stimulate, drum-up, inspire

g zhng drum-like abdominal distention

g zhng steaming bone disorder

g secures, stabilizes

g bio stabilizes the exterior

g jng secures the essence

g s secures and binds

g tu secures abandoned disorders

gu

peeled [tongue]

gun g plugged and rejecting/repelling

disorder

gun ji j lun contraction and tension o

the joints

gun mimiddle pulse [position]

gu restores

gn tn roiling, breaks up phlegm

gu k

over-control

hn cold, chills

hn r ever and chills (simultaneous)

hn r wng li alternating ever and chills

hn shng abundant cold

hn sh damp-coldness

hn sh kn p damp-cold encumbers the

Spleen

hn tn

cold-phlegmhn xi fn fi cold accosts the Lungs

hn xi shn qn deep invasion o

pathogenic cold

hn zh gn mi stagnant cold in Liver

vessel

hn prowess, bold, nimble

hn sweat

ho jn depletes or consumes uids

h wi harmonizes the Stomach

h xu uniting point [sea OK]

h zhng harmonizes the middle [burner]

h x fng cranes knee wind

hng mi ooding pulse

hu b painul obstruction o the throat

hu tin zh jng postnatal essence

h shields [rom/by]

h yng shields the yang

hu slippery, leakage

hu chng lubricates the Intestines

hu mi slippery pulse

hu tu leakage and loss

hu transorms

hu jin transorms rmness/ hardness

hu q promotes the activities o qi

transormation

hu sh transorms dampness

hu tn zh k transorms phlegm and

stops coughing

hun

moderates, relaxes

hun gn relaxes the Liver

hun jmoderates [spasmodic abdominal] pain

or relaxes tension

hun ji relaxes and relieves

hun mimoderate or lax pulse

hun xio zhng kui relaxes and reduces

xed abdominal masses

hun suer [v]; calamity [n]

hun dissipates

hun sn imsy

hung h jng shn disorientation,

vagueness

hu grey

hu revives

hu ju revives rom collapse/inversion


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hu ju collapse rom roundworm

hu yng revives the yang

hu yng ji n revives the yang and

rescues rom rebellion

hu zh q annihilating and oul qi

hu xu

meeting points [8]

hu zhu oul turbidity

hn lightheadedness, muzziness, muddled or

impaired consciousness (e.g.)

hn m stuporous, comatose

hn ethereal soul

hu breached

hu invigorates

hu jing

invigorates the channelshu lu invigorates the collaterals

hu xu invigorates the blood

hu re

hu d re toxin

hu q b m shut in and concentrated re

qi

hu dislodges, orceully removes

hu lun sudden turmoil disorder

hu tn dislodges phlegm

jmuscles, muscle layer

j accumulations

j j accumulations and clusters

j li be detained, hang around, retained

j urgency, [severe] tightness; hypertonicity

[Liver]

j mi urgent pulse

j mi racing pulse

j zo restless agitation, impatience

jimobile abdominal mass, conglomeration

ji j conglomerations and gatherings

jin orties [tx], rms [dx], hard [pulse, adj.]

jin jio sudden shrieking

jin yn orties the yin

jin zhng concurrent symptom

jin diminishes, deleted

jin constructs, builds up

jin strengthens

jin p strengthens the Spleen

jin wng orgetul, absent-minded

jin yn p wi strengthens the

transporting unctions o the Spleen and Stomach

jin zhng builds up/constructs the middle

jing directs downward, descends

jing scarlet

jing huo directs re downward

jing n [re]directs rebellious [qi] downward

jing zhu

directs turbidity downward

jio hu xu conuent points [o 8 extra

channels]

jio tng hyptertonic pain [see xi tng]

jio gng fn zhng arched back rigidity

(aka opisthotonus)

jio q leg qi

ji boil

ji gjoins bones

ji clumping, knotting

ji spent, [n.] exhaustion

ji removed by orce

ji mi slow-irregular pulse

ji nu checks malarial disorders

ji tn traumatic paraplegia

ji tn bursts [clogged] phlegm

ji xing zhng

clumping in the chestdisorder

ji yn plunders the yin

ji releases, relieves, resolves

ji bio releases the exterior

ji d resolves toxicity

ji j releases the muscle layer

ji jng releases spasms


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ji r resolves heat

ji sh resolves summerheat

ji tng relieves pain

ji y relieves constraint

jn sinews

jnyang uids, thin uids

jn powerul

jn b painul obstruction o the sinews

jn y uids

jn [totally] gone, expended, nished, exhausted

jn mi tight pulse

jngjitteriness, anxiety, convulsions, right, shock

jng channels, warps [old -stages]

jng essence

jng fng childhood convulsions, [right seizures

also OK]

jng jn channel sinews

jng shn consciousness, essence-spirit

jng shn b zhn apathy

jng shn we m listlessness

jng wng right mania

jng xu traversing point [river point OK]

jng t easily startled

jng xuwell point

jng sturdy, strong

jng [ muscular] tetany, spasms

jing jing overly bright and everish [eyes]

ji tng r lu long-term pain enters the

collaterals

j

swelling

j dwells

j lits

j dread

j gathers up, pools (uids), cluster, collects

j severe

j yng grand yang [synonym or greater yang]

jun b removes painul obstructions

jun rolled

ju collapse [in]; inversion [in

eitheror]

ju cut o, severed

ju yn

terminal yin or reversing yin [ju ynOK]

jn chie, sovereign

jn hu sovereign re

jn drastic, intense

jn b intense tonic

jn xi zh shu drastically purges and

drives out water

jn xi drastically purges

k xu coughing up o blood

ki opens, unbinds

ki b unbinds painul obstruction

ki d m yun opens [up] and spreads

the qi and penetrates to the membrane source

ki ji opens up clumps/knots/knotted areas

ki qio opens the orices

ki xing unbinds the chest

ki yn

restores the voice

ki y opens up areas o constraint

kng hyperactivity

k controls, overcomes

k lodges, resides

k upbraid

k qvisitant qi

k rvisitant heat

k xio

whittles away

kng q qi rom air

kng ear

ku mi hollow pulse

ku dn bland sensation in the mouth and an

inability to taste ood

ku yn wi xi deviation o the mouth

and eyes


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k desiccated, parched

k bitter

kui g eases the diaphragm [sense o

unease

kui q elicitates the qi

kun

expands, eases

kun chng eases the Intestines

kun xing expands the chest

kun zhng eases the middle

kungmania, yang madness

kung lunmanic and disorderly

kung zo wang dongmanic agitation and

rash behavior

ku

exhaustedku jin induces ulceration

kn encumbers

li leprous disorders

ln yn laconic speech

lnmacerated

ln hu sh putreying throat granular

disorder

lo overwork, consumptive disorder,

consumption

lo ln consumptive painul urinary dribbling

lo mi conned pulse

li tears

li ribs, costal region

l interior

l regulates

l j abdominal urgency, interior tension/

hypertonicity

l j hu zhng tenesmus

l q regulates qi

l r y ji constrained and clumped

interior heat

l xu regulates the blood

l improves, promotes, benets, acilitates,

enables [b l can be difculty or discomort]

l dn benets the Gallbladder

l g enables the diaphragm

l hu improves the condition o the throat

l j dysenteric disorder

l ji bng panarthralgia

l nio

promotes urination

l q pestilential qi

l qio acilitate passage through the orices/

apertures

l sh acilitates/promotes resolution o

dampness; resolves dampness

l shu shn sh promotes water

metabolism and leaches out dampness

l shu promotes urination, moves water

l shu do acilitates the water pathways

lin preserves, inhibits, restrains

lin chung helps close sores

lin fi preserves the Lungs

lin hn inhibits sweating

lin clings, attaches to

lin y condenses the uids

lin yn preserves the yin

lin blanches

ling cools

ling xu cools the blood

lio remedies

liviolent, intense

li wn cracks

ln l dribbling [urination]

ln l b zh continuous trickle

ln zhng painul urinary dribbling disorder

lng intimidates

li linger, lodges; remains

li hu owing re

li r lingering heat

li sh causes dampness to ow away [tentative]

li yn lingering thin mucus


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li zh spreading, ow into; spreading sores

li jng six warps, six channels, six stages, six

axes

li yn six pernicious inuences

lng b urinary blockage

lu

light uterine bleeding, leaking, spotting

lu chronic sores

l deliberation

lu l scroula

lu [n.] collaterals; [v.] connects, reticulates

lu xu connecting points, collateral points

m numbness, tingling

m b paralysis

m m

numbness and paresthesia

mi [blood] vessels

mi xing m hu indistinct pulse

mn ullness

mng c prickles

mo [body] hair

mn stiing sensation

mng bveils

mng li

erce and violent

m mn spreads throughout

min ch ushed complexion

min hung sallow complexion

min j jng lun acial tic

min s complexion

b hu lusterless

cng bi dusky pale

cho hng ushed

dn bi dull pale

gung bi shiny, pale

wi bi pallid

wi hungwan

mng brightens, clears, or enlightens

mng m clears the eyes, improves vision

mng mn [hu][] gate o vitality [re]

m grinds away, wears

m jwears down accumulations

m m sullen

m yunmembrane source

m

wood, wooden, numbness [absence o eeling]

m jng jng ci lively, expressive eyes

m wng chng t exuberant wood

overwhelms/exploits/takes advantage o earth

m xu alarm points

m yunmembrane source

m zhng distended eyes

n accepts [Kidneys]; takes in [Stomach, Liver]

n ch

decreased [ood] intake

no lu seepage rom the brain

no mng ringing in the brain

no r everish sensation in the head

ni internal, inside

ni shng f r everishness rom internal

damage

ni yu y r internal heat due to

constraint

n rebellious, counterow

n greasy [coating], cloying [substances]

n chun abnormal transmission

n li wn zhu hauling the boat upstream

n mi rebellious pulse

nin ch tn sticky sputum

nng congeals

nngmakes tranquil, [calms OK]

nng shnmakes the spirit tranquil

nong (sh)[]moving (tongue)

n anger

nunwarms

n jmalarial disorder

pi pushes out or expels

pi nng expels pus


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pi sh pushes out stones

png gung Bladder

png gung sh yu loss o Bladder control

pi nurtures

pi shn nurtures the Kidneys

p cuts through

p skin

p Spleen

p b tng xu Spleen cannot govern blood

p f skin, skin and subcutaneous tissues

p q xi xi xin sunken Spleen qi

p q x Spleen qi deciency

p ru rail Spleen

p shu skin edema

p yn sh r damp-heat collects in the

Spleen

p ocal distention

p ensconced lumps

p kui painless lumps

p clears away

p hu clears away lth

pin k hemilateral withering or hemiplegia

pin wi deviated

pio hn nimble and orceul

png calms [pacies OK] [v]; balanced [adj.]

png chun calms wheezing

png gn x fng calms the Liver and

extinguishes wind

png m balanced and dense

png wi

calms the Stomach

p corporeal soul

p stresses, compels, orces, disturbs

p breaks up

p xu breaks up blood (stasis)

p yn breaks up (accumulations) o yin

q hng zh fmiscellaneous Organs

q jng extraordinary channels

q shng kng butteries above the navel

q b opens up closure/closed [disorders], opens

up blockage

q b hu qi cannot transorm

q fn

qi level or sector []; qi aspect

q j qi dynamic

q ku qi openings

q n rebellious qi

q xin sinking qi

q x qi deciency

q yng ling fn blazing [re] in both the

qi and nutritive [levels]

q zh

stagnant qi

qin anchors, subdues

qin yng anchors the [errant] yang

qing strengthens

qing jn g strengthens the sinews and

bones

qing mi [overly] strong pulse

qing yng sti

qio cu

haggard

qn invade, inltrates

qng clears

qng gung yn glaucomatous disorder

qng hua r tn cools & transorms

phlegm-heat

qng mng insidious loss o vision without

visible physical changes to the eye

qng no clears the brain

qng qio clears consciousness, clears the

sensory orices

qng r clears heat

qng s clearing and clariying

qng xun zo xi gently disperses dryness

qng zo clears dryness

qi di zi autumnal obtuseness


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qi zo autumn-dryness

q physical body

q dispels

q expels, drives, reins in

q chng expels parasites

q fng sh dispels wind-damp

q hn dispels cold

q y dispels blood stasis

q zh banish

q gets rid o

qu depart, retreat

ro harass, derange, make a disturbance, make

trouble

ro dng xn shn derange/harass and

disturb the Heart (spirit)

r hot, heat, everish, ever

r b hot painul obstruction

r bng ebrile diseases

r chng tu sensation o heat rushing to the

head

r d heat toxin

r d yn ji

collected clumped heat toxin

r fi wi hot Lung atrophy

r j heat accumulation

r ji clumped heat

r ji png li heat clumping with

circumuence

r ro xn heat deranging /harassing the

Heart

r r xu sh

heat enters the bloodchamber

r shng [over]abundant heat

r tn hot phlegm

r xi yng fi heat pathogen clogs the

Lungs

r zhu xing g heat scorching the chest

and diaphragm

r zhu yng yn heat scorching the yin o

the nutritive level

rn miConception vessel [rn mi OK]

r b cho r aternoon evers

rngmaniestation

ru gn

sotens the Liver

ru jnmake the sinews supple

ru esh

rmoisten [v.], soggy[adj.]

r mi soggy pulse

r p breast lumps

r yng breast abscess

run sotens

run jin

sotens areas o hardness

run mi sot pulse

rnmoistens, lubricates

rn chngmoistens the Intestines

rn ximoistening laxative

ru mi rail pulse

si plugs

sn jioriple Burner

sn scatters, disperses

sn fng scatters or disperses wind

sn hn scatters or disperses cold

sn ji dissipates, disperses clumps, knots or

nodules

sn mi scattered pulse

sn mn disperses ullness

sn y disperses stasis

sn y huo

disperses re rom constraint

sn zhng disperses swelling

s binds [action]; rough (urination)

s chng binds up the Intestines

s jng binds essence

s mi rough pulse [choppy OK]

sh chng kill parasites


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sh ln gravelly painul urinary dribbling

shn ln zhng numountain mist

miasmic malarial disorder

shn bulging disorder

shn q bulging qi [disorder]

shng

damages

shng hn cold-damage

shng sh ood-damage

shng ascends, upwardly

shng chng gushes upward, upushing

shng jio upper burner

shng fn upwardly accosts or trespasses

shng gn strikes upward

shng tng upward surging

shng yn ares upward

sho ti sparse coating [tongue]

sho f j j lower abdominal tightness

and contractions

sho r searing heat

sho yng lesser yang [sho yngOK]

sho yn lesser yin [sho yn OK]

sh dn snake-creeping red papules

sh contains

sh shoots

sh settles [into], shelters

sh xu contains blood

shn hn tng generalized coldness and pain

shn kn heavy lethargy

shn r [generalized] ever

shn r b yng uctuating ever

shn spirit, psychic aspect

shn hn impaired consciousness, muddled

consciousness

shn junweariness

shn m disorientation

shn nng rozen aect

shn qi timidity, trepidation

shn qng dn m apathetic expression

shn sh r mng uzzy thinking

shn shui lethargic level o consciousness

shn yo carousing o the spirit

shn zh ch di dementia

shn zh cu lun derangement

shnKidneys

shn leaches out, lters out, percolates;

[physiology] permeates

shn b n qKidneys cannot accept qi

shn sh leaches out dampness

shn sh fng cng loss o Kidney closure

and storage [unctions]shn yng b zhn listless Kidney yang

shn zhu xed kidneys [or xed kidney

disorder]

shng generates

shng raises, ascends

shng f raise out and discharge

shng j raises and lits

shng j generates esh

shng mi generates the pulse

shng qng raises the clear

shng yng raises the yang

shng [~ pathogens] [over]abundance,

overwhelming; [~ vessels] congestion,

[over]lled, brimming

shng prevails [over] [v.], preponderance [n.]

shng jng channels with abundance

shng sh

prevails over dampness

sh damp (adj. or compound n.), dampness (n.)

sh ln damp erosions

sh min du mng insomnia with dream-

disturbed sleep

sh r damp-heat

sh r xi zh damp-heat lodged in the

lower burner


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sh r yn f collection o damp-heat

smoldering in the body

sh rnwet

sh s breakdown, loss o management, loss o

oversight

sh tn

damp-phlegm

sh xun damp tinea-like rash

sh yn loss o voice

sh zh loss o ability to do X, loss o

management o X, impairment

sh excess [pathology]; ullness; bolsters, makes

replete, make more ull [physiology]

sh bng seasonal diseases

sh ln stony painul urinary dribbling

sh mi excessive pulse

sh envoy

shmomentum

sh l zhng ivisual disturbance

sh wjust desires sleep, somnolence

shu sh absorbs dampness

shu ku closes wounds

shu lin

restrain and inhibit [astringent]restrain and hold in/back

shu sh gathers in dampness

shu deends, conserves

shu z ch ju contracted and rigid

extremities

shu receives, picks up

sh disperses, dredges

sh soothes

sh fng disperses wind

sh gn dredges Liver qi

sh gn soothes the Liver

sh jn soothes the sinews

sh wi dredges the protective

sh xi w d intemperate dispersing and

draining [o qi]

sh xu transporting points [group], transport

point [individual - stream OK]

sh y disperses constraint

sh summerheat

sh sh damp-summerheat

sh wn

summerheat-warmth

sh etters, ties up

sh bio etters the exterior

sh xu [acupuncture] point, [back] associated

point

shui debilitated, sapped

shuwater, edema

shu b hn mwater cannot restrain

woodshu dowater pathway

shu do zh shng yun upper source o

the water pathways

shu g liquids and grains

shu jng ti crystal [tongue] coating

shu n zhngwater rebellion disorder

shu r h ji clumping o water and heat,

OR water/heat complexes

shu sh ni tng internal stoppage o water

and dampness

shu xi pathogenic water

shn smooth, smoothes, normal

shn chun normal transmission

shn q smooths the ow o qi

sho mi rapid pulse

smanage

s

pondering, pensiveness, excessive thinking

s xu lieless blood

s fn our levels or sectors

s n f lng rigid extremities

s yo xu our dominant points

s zh extremities, limbs

s zh b su unresponsive extremities


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s zh jun diweak and easily atigued

extremities

s zh kn jun atigued limbs [old tired]

s zh lng cold extremities

s zng xu our command points

so fng

tracks (down) wind

so t searches and digs out [stagnation]

s jing clariying and descending/cause to

descend

s ju hu n resuscitate rom collapse and

revives rom rebellion

s tn dormant or deep, harbored phlegm

s xi dormant, harbored, or deep-seated

pathogenic inuences

sun ch ache

sumedulla, marrow

sn luminute collaterals

sn xi urgent [morning] diarrhea

sn harm, impairment, [injury]

su nio reserves urine, contain urination

ti dng b n restless etus

ti yng

greater yang [ti yngOK]ti yn greater yin [ti yn OK]

tn [Chinese medicine] phlegm; [biomedicine]

sputum (rom lungs), mucous (other organs)

tn b phlegm obstruction

tn du prouse sputum

tn h phlegm nodules

tn hu phlegm-re

tn hu ro xn

phlegm-re deranges/harries the Heart

tn mng xn qio phlegm veils the (Heart)

orices

tn mng gurgling sound in the throat

tn p phlegm lumps

tn r phlegm-heat

tn sh, damp-phlegm

tn yn either phlegm and thin mucus or thin

mucus

tn y jio ji phlegm and blood stasis jell

together

tn zo phlegm-dryness

tn z lu

phlegm obstructs the collateralstng achy, aches

t dread, jerks

t nasal mucus

tin adds, replenishes

tin gu heavenly dew

tin jng replenishes the essence

tin b lls in, replenishes

tin po chung

heaven-borne blisterstio adjusts

tio d thrusts out

tio q adjusts the qi

tio q zh adjusts stagnant qi

tio yng wi adjust the nutritive and

protective qi

tng tarry, stop

tng unblocks, promotes, pervades

tng b qio unblocks the nasal passages

tng bin unblocks the bowels/excretion

tng chng unobstructed, ree moving

tng f unblocks the yang organs/bowels

tng l unblocks (urine and bowels)

tng ln unblocks painul urinary dribbling

tng lu unblocks the collaterals

tng mi

unblocks the [blood] vesselstng r penetrates

tng r zh promotes or unblocks lactation

tng shn mng acillitates enlightenment o

the spirit; improving mental abilities

tng xi purge, unblock downwards

tng yng unblocks the yang

tng zh unblocks areas o stagnation


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tng governs

tng b severe painul obstruction

tng ch pangs o pain

tng fng painul wind

tng jng painul menstruation, dysmenorrhea

tu hnmuzziness

tu zhng sensation o heaviness o the head

tuvents, thrusts [out]; penetrates [in]

tu nng thrusts pus out

tu rvents heat

tu xi qvents pathogenic inuences

tu zhnvents rashes

t earth

tvomit, spit up

t xu spitting up blood

tu shn protuberant bulging disorder

tu reduces

tu hung reduces jaundice

tu r reduces ever or heat

tu zhng reduces edema or swelling

tn sun acid regurgitation

tu loss, abandonment; draw o

tu d draws out toxicity

tu j sloughing ulcer

tu l supports the interior

tu zhng abandoned patterns, abandoned-type

stroke

tu saliva [n], spit [v]

wi external, outside

wi gn

externally-contracted

wi sh z p external damp obstructs the

Spleen

wi yu [path.] externally oversteps, goes

beyond normal boundaries, [physiology] thrust out

externally, evict, extrude

wn tn stubborn phlegm

wnmiserable

wn [gastric] cavity ( wi wn)

wn f delayed discharge

wn f men stiing sensation in the

epigastrium and abdomen

wng [great] loss, devastation, destroyed

wng yng

devastated yang

wng aring, ourishing

wng xng chaotic movement

wi eeble, aint, slight; [v.] diminish

wi mi aint pulse

wi run accid

wi zhng atrophy disorder

wi antagonizes

wi

Stomach

wi fn protective level/sector

wi hn ear o cold

wi hu shng shng ascending o Stomach

re

wi q protective qi, deensive qi, deense qi,

guardian qi

wi qing overly strong Stomach

wi wi sh zh

protective qi ails itsexternal assignment,

wi x hn Stomach deciency cold

wi zhng tng epigastric pain and distention

wnwarms

wn bngwarm pathogen diseases

wn dwarm-toxin

wn hu hn tnwarms and transorms

cold-phlegm

wn j epidemic (seasonal) disorder

wn jingwarms menses

wn lwarms the interior

wn r bngwarm-heat pathogen diseases

wn xiwarm [the yang] and purge

wn y epidemic disorders

wn ywarm epidemics


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w insult

w fng aversion to wind

w hn chills [aversion to cold OK]

w sh aversion to ood

w l mi orceless pulse

w ch ve retardations

w gng xi daybreak diarrhea

w run ve weaknesses

w sh xu ve transport points

w xin r heat in the ve centers

w xng ve phases, ve-phase

w y ve excretions

x inhales, draws in

x gmuscular striations

x tnwatery sputum

x xu accumulating point [clet OK]

x assaults

x extinguishes

x polyp

x fng extinguishes wind

x elation, joy

x mi thin or ne pulse

xi gn syphilitic sores

xi h xu lower uniting point [lower sea

OK]

xi jio lower burner

xi q drives qi downward

xi yun lower base

xin hng resh-looking red

xin tin zh jng congenital essence

xin oral mucus

xin salty

xin miwiry pulse

xin sink

xing b (mutually) contend, struggle, interact

xing cun aromatically probing

xing jmutual aid

xing kmutual control

xing shngmutual generation

xing xmutual accentuation

xing huoministerial re

xing hu ni ch internal blazing o

ministerial re

xio reduces, eliminates, digests, diminishes,

dissipates [toxic swellings]

xio do reduces and guides out

xio d eliminates toxin

xio j reduces accumulation

xio kwasting and thirsting disorder;

unquenchable thirst [Zhang Zhong-Jings works]xio m grinds down

xio sh reduces/dissolves stones

xio sh eliminates summerheat

xio yng reduces abscesses

xio zhng reduces swelling or edema

xio bin b l urinary difculty

xio bin y l b jn posturinary drip

xio chng

Small Intestinexio chng q zh stagnant Small Intestine

qi

xio asthma

xi hypochondrium

xi q pathogenic qi

xi r commingled heat

xi r l xi commingled heat with

diarrhea

xi xi anks

xi y harbors [blood] stasis

xi drains, drains out, draws o [physiology]

xi drains out, discharges

xi hu drains re

xi r j drains heat accumulation

xi xi drains downward


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xnHeart

xn acrid

xn bo Pericardium

xn hung ustered, alarmed

xn j palpitations

xn r xng fiHeart heat punishes the

Lung

xn xi epigastrium [premodern: area below the

Heart OK]

xn xi j gripping pain and tenderness in the

upper epigastrium [per Huang Huang]

xn xu yHeart blood stasis

xn y r y xio chngHeart re

transerred to the Small Intestine

xng shy

xng promotes (movement), proceeds, travels

xng b [v.] promotes movement (in areas

o painul obstruction); [n.] migrating painul

obstruction

xng q promotes movement o the qi

xng shu promotes the dissipation o

pathogenic water

xng zh

promotes movment through [areas o]stagnation

xngwakes, awakens

xng hu b f yun inability to ully

recover ater loss o consciousness

xng p awakens the Spleen

xng shn awakens the spirit/restores

consciousness

xing b chest painul obstruction

xing g b kui

sense o unease in the

chest and diaphragm

xing mn zhng tightness and heaviness in

the chest

xing mn stiing sensation in the chest/ sense

o oppression in the chest

xing mn zhng stiing and heavy sensation

in the chest

xing xi k mn an unpleasant ullness in

the chest and hypochondriac

xing xi tng chest and hypochondriac pain

xing robust, virile

xi tng sustained pain [see jio tng]

x

deciency, hollow

x hu shng yn deciency re blazing

upward

x lo deciency and overwork; deciency

overwork; or deciency consumption

x mi decient pulse

x sh xi z enmeshment o deciency

and excess together

x jn reconnects sinews

x shu buildup o water

x xu buildup blood

xun disseminates, dissipates, diuses, disbands

xun b disbands painul obstruction

xun chng q j . disseminates and

acillitates the qi dynamic

xun fi tio q disseminates and adjusts

the Lung qi

xun tng b qio

disperses and unblocksthe qi o the nasal orice

xun p [Chinese] periumbilical and

hypochondriac rmness & pain; [Japanese] chronic

muscle cramps [primarily o chest & shoulders]

[both very tentative]

xun yn suspended thin mucus

xun lichenous rash [old tinea]

xunvertigo

xun yn

dizziness

xu blood

xu b painul obstruction o the blood

xu fn blood level or sector []; blood

aspect [elsewhere]

xu ln painul bloody urinary difculty

xu r wng xng chaotic movement o hot

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xu xi r zh blood lodged in the lower

burner

xu x blood deciency

xu y blood stasis, or stasis o blood

xn umes

xn zhng

umes upwards [path]; evaporates

[treatment]

xn traverses

y gn progressive ulceration o the gums

yn hu zhng tng painul and swollen

throat

yn zo parched throat

yn y nn ch difculty in expressing

onesel or in orming words

yng mngyang brightness [yng mngOK]

yng qio miyang heel vessel [yng qio

mi OK]

yng wi miyang linking vessel [yngwi

mi OK]

yng nourishes

yo tng lower back pain

y dysphagia

y g

dysphagia-occlusion

yyin uids, thick uids

y nio enuresis

y X wi zhXX is paramount

y augments, benets

y intention, signication

y supercial visual obstruction

y curbs

y d

epidemic toxin

y gn curbs the Liver

y l epidemic pestilence

y q augments the qi

y yn curbs the yin

y yn overowing or ooding thin mucus

y y despondency

yn fimute paraplegia

yn jyin at abscesses

yn qio miyin heel vessel [yn qio mi

OK]

yn wi miyin linking vessel [yn wi mi

OK]yn yng genital itching

yn q pernicious or out o control qi

yn sh pernicous dampness

yn thin mucus

yng fn nutritive/constructive level/sector

yng q nutritive/constructive qi

yng xu gushing point [spring OK]

yng

goiteryng li goiter; neck tumors

yng abscess, sore, ulcer

yng j toxic swellings

yng clogs

yuworry, upset, melancholy

yu fng roving wind

yu l mi orceul pulse, pulse with strength

yu xng zh xi r

pathogenic heat withorm

yu y over abundance, surplus

y r static heat

y constrains, constraint

y hu re rom constraint

y twarms the earth

y yn osters yin

y y

melancholyy zhng constraint or depression

yun prime, primal, base

yun q primal qi

yun q source qi

yun xu source points

yu binds [up] or constrains (a strong Stomach

binds a weak Spleen)


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yu eructate

yu n eructation and rebellion

yu surmount, disseminate (physiology); overstep

(pathology); thrust out, evict (treatment)

yu jng sh tio irregular menstruation

yu p

delights the Spleen

yn collects

yn lightheadedness

yn p improves the Spleens transporting

unction

z bngmiscellaneous or heterogeneous

diseases

zngyin Organs, viscera

zng fOrgans or yin and yang Organs

zng zo restless organ disorder

zo p dregs

za dries (v.), dry, parched (adj.), dryness (n.)

zo restlessness

zo sh dries dampness

zi fng bandit wind

zng y increases uids

zhn y delirious speech, raving

zhng oster, increase

zhng numiasmic malarial disorders

zhn hn ji r true cold with alse heat

zhn q true qi

zhn r ji hn true heat with alse cold

zhn papule, rash

zhn sedates, paciy, suppresses, hold down

zhn chn

tremble [v.], tremors [n.]zhn fn yng qi stimulates the yang

zhn gn sedates the Liver

zhn jng sedates right/jitteriness/palpitations

with anxiety/convulsions

zhn jng sedates tremors

zhn n suppresses rebellion

zhn shn sedates the spirit

zhn tng suppresses pain

zhng steam

zhng xed [immobile OK] abdominal mass

zhng chng continuous palpitations, panicky

throbbing

zhng ji

abdominal mass

zhng nu normal malaria

zhng rvaporized heat

zhng condition, disorder

zhng pattern

zhng q normal qi or antipathogenic actor/qi

zh ch uncomortable limbs

zh y f yo rich in greasy uids

zh yn

prodding [or propping] thin mucus

zh stops, arrests, halts

zh k stops coughing

zh l stops dysenteric disorders

zh tng alleviates pain, stops pain

zh xu stops bleeding

zh y stops leakage

zh resolve, purpose,mind, emotions [w zh

=ve emotions]zh intelligence, wisdom

zhjammed; stopped up

zh control, restrain

zh stagnates

zh f treatment strategy

zh z treatment tactic

zh zo corrective assistant

zhng jia

middle burnerzhng qmiddle qi

zhng q b z insufcient middle qi

zhng zhumiddle regions

zhng d intense toxic swellings

zhng zhng distended

zhng fngwind-attack [in context o

externally-contracted diseases]; wind-stroke


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[elsewhere]

zhng jng channel-stroke

zhng yng hety yang

zhng zngOrgan-stroke

zh drives out

zh sh drives out dampness

zh shu drives out water

zh tn drives out phlegm

zh governs; ocuses [X organ zh y =X Organ

governs/ocuses on y (tissue)], masters [X =

X ormula masters it.

zh assists, reinorces

zh bng inestatious disease

zh cng

storeszh yng assists the yang

zh zo helpul assistant

zhung orties [v.]; vigorous [adj.]

zhung huvigorous re

zhung hu sh qvigorous re consumes

the qi

zhung jn g orties the sinews and bones

zhung rvigorous re, sustained high ever

zhung dash

zhu pursues

zhu b xed painul obstruction

zhu ln turbid painul urinary dribbling

z enriches

z provides or

z shn enriches the Kidneys

z yn enriches the yin

z bn purple spots or maculae

z gngWomb

zng q gathering qi

zomobilize, travels [through/with], extends to,

acts on

zo cunmobile and piercing

zu r b shu mobile and does not

conserve

zu m y gn rapidly progressing

ulceration o the gums

zu zh running and pouring [down]

z q leg qi

z obstructs, impedes [as in impedes the

Intestines]

zu assistant

zu fn (or fn zu) paradoxical assistant

zu zh corrective assistant

zu zh helpul assistant


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