is a concept derived from Classical elements in Chinese herbal medicine五行, Yin and yang陰陽學說, Six Excesses六淫, and Chi氣qi
These categories in Chinese medicine mainly include([ 20151120 wikipedia]):[]
- exterior-releasing or exterior-resolving Chinese medicine解表藥[1][2]
- heat-clearing Chinese medicine清熱藥[1][2]
- downward-draining or precipitating Chinese medicine瀉下藥[1][2]
- wind-damp-dispelling Chinese medicine驅風濕藥[1][2]
- dampness-transforming Chinese medicine化濕藥[1][2]
- promoting the movement of water and percolating dampness or dampness-percolating Chinese medicine滲濕藥[1][2]
- interior-warming Chinese medicine溫裡藥[1][2]
- qi-regulating or qi-rectifying Chinese medicine理氣藥[1][2]
- dispersing food accumulation or food-dispersing Chinese medicine消食藥[1][2]
- worm-expelling Chinese medicine驅蟲藥[1][2]
- stopping bleeding or blood-stanching Chinese medicine止血藥[1][2]
- quickening the Blood and dispelling stasis or blood-quickening or Blood-moving Chinese medicine活血藥[1][2][3]
- transforming phlegm, stopping coughing and calming wheezing or phlegm-transforming and cough- and panting-suppressing Chinese medicine化痰止咳平喘藥[1][2]
- Spirit-quieting or Shen-calming Chinese medicine.中藥安神藥[1][2][3]
- calming the Liver and expelling wind or Liver-calming and wind-extinguishing Chinese medicine平肝息風藥[1][2]
- orifice-opening Chinese medicine開竅藥[1][2]
- supplementing or tonifying Chinese medicine補藥: this includes qi-supplementing補氣藥, blood-nourishing養血藥, yin-enriching滋陰藥, and yang-fortifying壯陽藥.[3][1][2][2]
- astriction-promoting or securing and astringing Chinese medicine收澀藥[1][2]
- vomiting-inducing Chinese medicine催吐藥[1]
- Chinese medicine for external application 外用藥[1][2]
science-corresponding counterpart of specific term in Chinese medicine may differ from drug to drug[]
interior內 and exterior外[]
are two relative terminology
exterior-releasing or exterior-resolving Chinese medicine解表藥
supplement for vital force energies in Chinese medicine中醫學中的四大生命力能量(qi氣, blood血, yin陰, and yang陽)[]
astriction收斂、收澀作用[]
astriction-promoting or securing and astringing Chinese medicine收澀藥
qi氣[]
orifice-opening Chinese medicine開竅藥
qi-regulating or qi-rectifying Chinese medicine理氣藥
Spirit-quieting or Shen-calming Chinese medicine.中藥安神藥
calming the Liver and expelling wind or Liver-calming and wind-extinguishing Chinese medicine平肝息風藥
blood血[]
stopping bleeding or blood-stanching Chinese medicine止血藥
quickening the Blood and dispelling stasis or blood-quickening or Blood-moving Chinese medicine活血藥
warming溫[]
interior-warming Chinese medicine溫裡藥
heat熱[]
heat-clearing Chinese medicine清熱藥
up上[]
vomiting-inducing Chinese medicine催吐藥
down下[]
downward-draining or precipitating Chinese medicine瀉下藥
dampness濕[]
dampness-transforming Chinese medicine化濕藥
promoting the movement of water and percolating dampness or dampness-percolating Chinese medicine滲濕藥
wind-damp-dispelling Chinese medicine驅風濕藥[]
wind-damp-dispelling Chinese medicine驅風濕藥
others[]
dispersing food accumulation or food-dispersing Chinese medicine消食藥
worm-expelling Chinese medicine驅蟲藥
Chinese medicine for external application 外用藥
翻譯參考[]
參考資料[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Xu & Wang 2002, Summary of Contents
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Ergil et al. 2009, p. 239
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bensky, Dan (2004) Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica. Eastland Press, third edition.