TCM glossary collects terms or topics relevant to the contents of our website. In order to provide better access, the terms are listed in both English and Chinese phonetic alphabets, and the explanations are written in English and Chinese. The contents will be revised and updated regularly.

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A

A-shi point Acupoint Acupoint injection Anorexia Apoplexy Arrival of qi Assistant herbs Astringency

a shi xue

B

Bezoar Bi syndrome Bone atrophy syndrome Bone flaccidity syndrome Branch & root Breath shortness

ba duan jin bai dai bai dian feng ban biao ban li beng lou bi zheng bian hou bian zheng biao ben biao li tong bing biao xu biao zheng bing xie bu fa

 

C

Carbuncle Channel bi syndrome Chest oppression Cold damage Cold evil Cold pain Collapse of yang Collapse of yin Conception Vessel Confluence of all yang meridians Consumptive disease Counterflow of qi Cun, guan, chi Cupping

chao re chen mai chen yao chi mai chong mai chuang yang cu zhong cun guan chi

D

Dampness disease Dampness evil Damp-heat evilDamp turbidity Dan tian Deep pulse Deficient asthma Deficient disharmony pattern Deficient pulse Deficient syndrome of superficies Delirium Diarrhea Disharmony pattern/ diagnostic pattern/ syndrome Dryness evil Dryness-heat syndromeDysentery Dyspnea

dan du dan tian dao han de qi dian kuang du mai

E

Eight-length Brocade Exercise Embryo Endogenous cold syndrome Endogenous dampness syndrome Endogenous dryness syndrome Endogenous heat syndrome Endogenous wind syndrome Entering a quiet state Enuresis Erysipelas Essence Excess disharmony pattern Excess pulse Exogenous diseases Exogenous evils Extra points

er zhen

F

Fearful throbbing Febrile disease Fire, heat and warm evils Five constituents Five movements and six influences Five zang organs Floating pulse Frequent diarrhea

feng shi feng xie fu mai

G

Genuine qi Governor Vessel Guide herbs

H

Half exterior & half interior Healthy energy Heart energy Hectic fever Herpes zoster Hesitant pulse Holistic approach Hysteria

han xie hong mai hua hua mai hua xie huang dan huang shui chuang huo re / wen re

I

Impetigo Inborn qi Infantile malnutrition Internal injury

J

Jaundice Jue-syndrome

ji cou jie mai jin mai jing jing ming zhi fu jing xian jiu fa jiu zha bi jue zheng jun huo jun yao

K

Knotted pulse

L

Leukorrhea Limb numbness

lao juan leng tong li ji li qi li zheng li ji hou zhong liu fu liu zhen luo li

M

Mania-depressive syndrome Massage therapy Measles Metrorrhagia Minister herbs Ministerial fire Monarch fire Monarch herbs Morning diarrhea Moxibustion Muscular striae

ma zhen mai bi mai zhen ming men

N

Needle retention Night sweats Normal pulse Nutrient essence

na dai nei feng nei han nei re nei shang nei shi nei zao nian zhuan niu huang niu pi xuan

O

Organ systems of TCM Orifices Otopuncture therapy Over-heated stomach Overstrain

P

Palpitation Pathogen / evil Pericardium Pestilential evil Phlegm Phlegm-dampness Primordial yin Protective qi Prurigo Psoriasis Pulse study

ping mai

Q

Qi-gong Qi transformation

qi chuan qi duan qi gong qi hua qi qiao qi qing qi xue qi yi

R

Rapid pulse Rectum prolapse Reducing method Rolling pulse Rosacea

re du ren mai ru jing

R

Scraping Scrofula Sea of blood Sea of marrow Seminal emission Seven emotions Simultaneous exterior and interior Six fu organs Slow pulse Spirit Spontaneous sweating Stirring fetus Striae Supprative and ulcerous disease Supreme Ultimate Fist Surging pulse Syndrome differentiation Syndrome of exterior Syndrome of interior

san yin se mai shang han she chuan chuang shen shi bing shi mai shi re shi wen ge shi xie shi yao shi zheng shi zhuo shou lian shu mai shui gu jing wei shui zhen si zhi ma mu sui hai

T

Taut pulse Ten Questions Song Tenesmus Tense pulse The house of essential substances Thoroughfare Vessel Thready pulse Three kinds of pathogenic agents Tian gui Tonification Toxic heat Transforming Twirling and rotating techniques

tai dong bu an tai ji quan tai yuan tan tan shi tian gui tui na tuo gang

U

V

Verruca plana Verruca vulgaris Virtual fire Vital gate Vitiligo

W

Wei fen syndrome Wind evil Wind-dampness

wai gan wai xie wang yang zheng wang yin zheng wei fen zheng wei qi wei re wen bing wu geng xie wu ti wu yun liu qi wu zang

V

xi mai xian mai xiang huo xie fa xie xie xin bao luo xin fan xin ji xin qi xiong bi xu chuan xu huo xu lao xu mai xu zheng xue feng chuang xue hai

Y

Yang deficiency Yang qi Yang vacuity with internal cold Yin deficiency Yin fluid Yin vacuity with internal heat Ying fen syndrome

yang qi yang xu yang xu er han yi jing yi niao yin xu yin xu huo wang yin ye ying fen zheng yong you mu yu xue yuan qi

Z

zang fu zang zao zao re zao xie zhan yu zhen qi zhen yin zheng chong zheng hou zheng qi zheng ti guan nian zhu yang zhi hui zi han zuo yao