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English Translation of TCM Medical Terms
Unit 1 A brief introduction to traditional Chinese medicine
1. traditional Chinese medicine 2 .syndrome differentiation and treatment
3. holism
4. correspondence between man and nature
5. returning to the original purity and simplicity/ returning to nature
6. symptoms and signs
7. syndrome
8. dialectical materialism and historical materialism
9. side-effect/ adverse-effect 10. therapeutic effect/ efficacy/curative effect
11. diagnosis and treatment 12. symptomatology
13. integrated/ combined traditional Chinese and Western medicine 14.Miraculous Pivot
15. Plain Questions 16. Huangdi’s Internal Classic
17. Treatise on Cold-damage and Miscellaneous diseases
18. Compendium of Materia Medica
19. A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 20.Essential Prescriptions for Emergencies 21 Supplement to Essential Prescriptions for Emergencies 22 Classic on Difficult Issues of Medicine
Unit Two Yin-yang Theory
1.the opposition and unity of yin and yang
2.restriction and transformation of yin and yang
3.excess/ predominance of yin leading to/ causing disorder of yang and excess /predominance of
yang causing disorder of yin
4.interdependence of yin and yang
5.There would be impossible survival with solitary yin and vice versa.
6.waning and waxing of yin and yang
7.dynamic change
8.quantitative change
9.qualitative change
10.yin-yang figure/ Taiji figure
11.Excess of yin leading to deficiency of yang, or excess of yang leading to deficiency of yin.
12.yin within yang, and yang within yin
13.materialism
14.dynamic balance
15.inter-transformation between yin and yang/mutual transformation of yin and yang
16.infinite divisibility of yin and yang
17.tissues and structure
18.physiological function
19.the opposition and restriction of yin and yang
20.Severe cold will give birth to heat, and severe heat will give birth to cold.
Unit 3 Ying -yang Theory in TCM
1.The lung has the function of dominating qi and controlling breath.
2.the balance/ equilibrium between yin and yang
3.The harmony of yin and yang ensures the harmonious life activities while the disassociation of
yin and yang will exhaust essence, and eventually, death occurs.
4.healthy qi
5.pathogenic qi / pathogen/ pathogenic factor
6.cold deficiency syndrome /cold syndrome of deficiency
7.dry-heat syndrome
8.mutual impairment of yin and yang / mutual detriment to yin and yang
9.deficiency of yin affecting yang or deficiency of yang affecting yin
10.Yin deficiency fails to control yin.
11.differentiation according to the eight principles
Unit 4 Five Phase Theory
1.five phase theory / five elements theory
2.generating, generate /engendering
3.restraining , restrict , restriction
4 . restriction and transformation
5. overwhelming/ over-restriction /over-acting /subjugation
6. rebellion / counter-restriction/ reverse-restriction
7.Fire is characterized by flaming (up).
8.Wood is characterized by growing freely.
9.Water is characterized by moistening and flowing downward.
10.Earth is characterized by cultivation and reaping.
11.Metal is characterized by change.
12.five flavors, five colors, five growth and development , five seasons and five notes
13.five sense organs, five body constituents, five emotions and five voices
14. generated/ being generated generating/ to generate
15. restricted/ being restricted restricting/ to restrict
16 .The “generating” element is thought of as the “mother”.
17. The “generated’ element is as the “child”.
18. The disorder of mother-organ affecting/involving the child-organ; the disorder of child-organ affecting/ involving mother-organ
19. ecological equilibrium
20. mother-child relationship
Unit 5 Five Phase Theory in TCM
1 The kidney stores vital essence.
2. The kidney controls water metabolism.
3. The heart-yang has warming function.
4.The liver has the function of smoothing and regulating flow of qi and blood.
5. transmission and change
6. The liver-fire impairs the lung.
7. excessive heart-fire
8.exuberance/excess of the heart and liver fire
9. nourishing the kidney and liver
10. the failure of the spleen in transportation and transformation (脾失运化)
11.flushed face and blood-shot ( red) eyes