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WHO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TERMINOLOGIES ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION 177Code Term Chinese Definition/Description3.1.197 bone wilting 骨 痿 ; 腎 痿3.1.198 vessel wilting 脈 痿 ; 心 痿3.1.199 fleshy wilting 肉 痿 ; 脾 痿3.1.200 sinew wilting 筋 痿 ; 肝 痿3.1.201 leg flaccidity 痿 躄3.1.202 tremor 顫 震3.1.203 lumbago 腰 痛3.1.204 genital disease 疝 ; 疝 氣3.1.205 hernia 疝 ; 小 腸 氣3.1.206 cold abdominal colic 寒 疝wilting attributed to heat in kidney qi, characterizedby limp aching lumbar spine and weak wilting lowerlimbs preventing the patient from getting up andstanding, the same as kidney atrophywilting attributed to heat in heart qi, characterized byarticular relaxation of the lower limbs preventing thepatient from standing, the same as heart atrophywilting attributed to heat in spleen qi, characterized bynumbness of the flesh, and in severe cases, inability tomove the limbs, the same as spleen atrophywilting attributed to heat in liver qi, characterizedby sinew contracture gradually giving way to wiltingthat prevents normal movements, the same as liveratrophyloss of muscle tone in the legs due to atrophy anddifficulty in legs movementa diseased state characterized by involuntary tremblingof the head or limbspain in the lumbar region caused by disordered qiand blood flow in the related collateral vessels inexogenous afflictions, traumatic injuries or kidneydeficiencya collective term for various diseases characterizedby pain and/or swelling of the lower abdomen orscrotumprotrusion of a part of an organ or tissue from a bodycavity through the tissues that normally contain itacute abdominal pain due to cold, also called coldinduced colic3.2.0 External Medicine 外 科3.2.1 sore and ulcer 瘡 瘍a general term for suppurative diseases of the bodysurface3.2.2 sore 瘡 an abbreviation of sore and ulcer