This page is an explanation of some of the more unusual terms used in classical texts, as well as an opportunity for me to record some of my own musings on Chinese medical and alchemical concepts:
--------------------------------------------------------Abdominal Masses (癥瘕, Zheng Jia / 积聚, Ji Ju)
--------------------------------------------------------Alchemy (煉丹 Lian Dan)
--------------------------------------------------------Back Shu Points (背俞穴, Bei Yu Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Brain Wind (腦風, Nao Feng)
--------------------------------------------------------Breast Shu Points (膺俞穴, Ying Yu Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Chest and Abdomen Qi Streets (胸腹氣街 Xiong Fu Qi Jie)
--------------------------------------------------------Cheng Fu (承負, Inherited Burdens)
--------------------------------------------------------Chest Shu Points (前俞穴, Qian Yu Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Childhood Fright Wind (驚風, Jing Feng)
--------------------------------------------------------Cold Damage (傷寒, Shang Han)
--------------------------------------------------------Counterflow Qi (逆氣, Ni Qi or 氣厥, Qi Jue)
--------------------------------------------------------Crane's Knee Wind (鶴膝風, He Xi Feng)
--------------------------------------------------------Curious Organs (名奇恆之府, Heng Qi Ming Zi Fu)
--------------------------------------------------------Deficiency Taxation (虛勞, Xu Lao)
--------------------------------------------------------Dian Kuang (癲狂, Madness)
--------------------------------------------------------Doorways to the Earth (地門, Di Men)
--------------------------------------------------------Dysenteric Disorder (痢疾, Li Ji)
--------------------------------------------------------Eight Formations (八阵, Ba Zhen)
--------------------------------------------------------Eight Methods (八法, Ba Fa)
--------------------------------------------------------Eight Principles of Syndrome Differentiation (八綱辨證, Ba Gang Bian Zheng)
--------------------------------------------------------Eighteen Pathologies (十八病, Shi Ba Bing)
--------------------------------------------------------Expelling the Old and Absorbing the New (吐故納新, Tu Gu Na Xin)
--------------------------------------------------------Five Corpse Disorders (五屍症, Wu Shi Zheng)
--------------------------------------------------------Five Palm Heat (五心热, Wu Xin Re)
--------------------------------------------------------Five Taxations (五勞, Wu Lao)
--------------------------------------------------------Flowers of Heaven (天花, Tian Hua)
--------------------------------------------------------Foetal Toxin (胎毒, Tai Du)
--------------------------------------------------------Four Seas (四海, Si Hai)
--------------------------------------------------------Fox Confusion Disease (狐惑病, Hu Huo Bing)
--------------------------------------------------------Front Mu Points (募穴, Mu Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Gao Wu Command Points (高武总穴, Gao Wu Zong Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Ghosts (鬼, Gui)
--------------------------------------------------------Ghost Points (鬼穴, Gui Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Ghost Talk (鬼談, Gui Tan)
--------------------------------------------------------Gu (蠱, Poison)
--------------------------------------------------------Head Qi Streets (頭氣街 Tou Qi Jie)
-------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------Hui-Meeting Points (八会穴, Ba Hui Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Hun (魂, Ethereal Soul)
--------------------------------------------------------Infantile Malnutrition (小儿疳积, Xiao Er Gan Ji)
--------------------------------------------------------Leg/Foot Qi (腳氣, Jiao Qi / 足氣, Zu Qi)
--------------------------------------------------------Lily Disorder (百合病, Bai He Bing)
--------------------------------------------------------Lotus Flower Tongue (蓮花舌, Lian Hua She)
--------------------------------------------------Luo (絡, Connecting Points)
--------------------------------------------------------Ma Dan-Yang Heavenly Star Points (馬丹陽天星穴, Ma Danyang Tian Xing Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Mo Yuan (膜源, Membrane Source)
--------------------------------------------------------Nine Palaces (九宫, Jiu Gong)
--------------------------------------------------------Nine Points for Returning Yang (回阳九针穴, Hui Yang Jiu Zhen Xue)
-------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------Nue (瘧, Malarial Disorders)
--------------------------------------------------------Painful Obstruction (痹, Bi)
--------------------------------------------------------Pathogenic Qi (邪氣, Xie Qi)
--------------------------------------------------------Plumstone Qi (梅核氣, Mei He Qi)
--------------------------------------------------------Po (魄, Corporeal Soul)
--------------------------------------------------------Running Piglet Qi (奔豚氣, Ben Tun Qi)
--------------------------------------------------------Seven Emotions (七情, Qi Qing)
--------------------------------------------------------Seven Injuries (七傷, Qi Shang)
--------------------------------------------------------Shan (疝, Hernia)
--------------------------------------------------------Shen (神, Spirit)
--------------------------------------------------------Shin Qi Streets (脛氣街 Jing Qi Jie)
--------------------------------------------------------Shu-Transport Points (五輸穴, Wu Shu Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Six Desires (六欲, Liu Yu)
--------------------------------------------------------Six Healing Sounds (六字訣, Liu Zi Jue) / Transcendental Whistling (長嘯, Chang Xiao)
--------------------------------------------------------Six Qi (六氣, Liu Qi) / Six Changes (六化, Liu Hua) / Six Excesses (六淫, Liu Yin) / Six Extremes (六極, Liu Ji)
--------------------------------------------------------Sores and Boils (瘡瘍, Chuang Yang)
--------------------------------------------------------Steaming Bone Disorder (骨蒸, Gu Zheng)
--------------------------------------------------------Sudden Turmoil Disorder (霍亂, Huo Luan)
--------------------------------------------------------Superficial Visual Obstruction (目翳, Mu Yi)
--------------------------------------------------------Taxation Fever (勞热, Lao Re)
--------------------------------------------------------The Ten Questions (十問, Shi Wen)
--------------------------------------------------------The Three Doshas (त्रिदो, tridoṣa)
--------------------------------------------------------The Three Treasures (三寶, San Bao)
--------------------------------------------------------Three Corpses / Three Worms (三屍, San Shi / 三蟲, San Chong)
--------------------------------------------------------Throat Moth (喉蛾 Hou E)
--------------------------------------------------------Throat Painful Obstruction (喉痹, Hou Bi)
--------------------------------------------------------Tidal Fever (潮热, Chao Re)
--------------------------------------------------------Toxicity (毒, Du)
--------------------------------------------------------Twelve Excesses (十二淫, Shi Er Yin)
--------------------------------------------------------Visual Dizziness (目眩, Mu Xuan)
--------------------------------------------------------Wasting and Thirsting (消渴, Xiao Ke)
--------------------------------------------------------White Tiger Joint Wind (白虎風病, Bai Hu Feng Bing)
--------------------------------------------------------Wind Taxation (風勞, Feng Lao)
--------------------------------------------------------Windows to Heaven (天牖, Tian You)
--------------------------------------------------------Windstroke (中風, Zhongfeng)
--------------------------------------------------------Xi-Cleft Points (郗穴, Xi Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Yi Jing (易經, The Classic of Changes)
--------------------------------------------------------Yuan-Source Points (原穴, Yuan Xue)
--------------------------------------------------------Visceral Agitation (脏躁, Zang Zao)
--------------------------------------------------------Upright Qi (正氣, Zheng Qi)
--------------------------------------------------------Zuo Huo Ru Mo (走火入魔, Obsession-Possession) / Qi Gong Pian Cha (氣功偏差, Qi Gong Deviation)
--------------------------------------------------------Additional information can be found on some of the source sites I used to collate this information. Many of the characters for technical terms have been found using Wikibooks TCM Terms and Heyttu TCM Dictionary.
Steve Woodley Acupuncture & Traditional Medicine
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