WHO InternatIOnal Standard termInOlOgIeS On tradItIOnal medIcIne

WHO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TERMINOLOGIES ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION 261Code Term Chinese Definition/Description6.1.74bile-draining antiictericmedicinal利 膽 退 黃 藥a medicinal that promotes the discharge of bile torelieve jaundice6.1.75interior-warmingmedicinal溫 裏 藥a medicinal that warms the interior and expels internalcold6.1.76qi-regulatingmedicinal理 氣 藥a medicinal that regulates qi movement to treat qistagnation or adverse qi flow6.1.77 digestant medicinal消 食 藥 ;消 導 藥a medicinal that aids digestion to eliminateaccumulated undigested food6.1.78worm-expellingmedicinal驅 蟲 藥a medicinal that expels or kills parasitic worms6.1.79hemostatic(medicinal)止 血 藥a category of medicinals that arrest bleeding, eitherinternal or external6.1.80blood-coolinghemostatic medicinal凉 血 止 血 藥a medicinal that arrests bleeding by clearing theblood of heat, indicated in the treatment of bloodheathemorrhage6.1.81stasis-resolvinghemostatic medicinal化 瘀 止 血 藥a medicinal that arrests bleeding and at the sametime removes stagnant blood which may cause furtherbleeding6.1.82astringent hemostaticmedicinal收 斂 止 血 藥a medicinal that arrests bleeding by its astringentaction6.1.83meridian-warminghemostatic medicinal溫 經 止 血 藥a medicinal that arrests bleeding by warming themeridians/channels6.1.84blood-activatingand stasis-resolvingmedicinal活 血 化 瘀 藥a medicinal that promotes blood flow and resolvesblood stasis6.1.85blood-activatingand stasis-dispellingmedicinal活 血 祛 瘀 藥a medicinal that promotes blood flow and dispelsblood stasis6.1.86blood-activatingmedicinal活 血 藥a category of medicinals used in the treatment ofretarded or static blood flow6.1.87stasis-resolvingmedicinal化 瘀 藥a category of medicinals used in the treatment ofblood stasis