WHO InternatIOnal Standard termInOlOgIeS On tradItIOnal medIcIne

40Basic Theories - Cause of DiseaseCode Term Chinese Definition/Description1.6.6 yang pathogen 陽 邪 pathogen of yang nature1.6.7 yin pathogen 陰 邪 pathogen of yin nature1.6.8 combined pathogen 合 邪 any combination of more than one pathogen1.6.9 external contraction 外 感1.6.10 six excesses 六 淫1.6.11 wind 風 ; 風 邪1.6.12 cold 寒 ; 寒 邪1.6.13 summerheat 暑 ; 暑 邪1.6.14 dampness 濕 ; 濕 邪1.6.15 dryness 燥 ; 燥 邪1.6.16 fire 火 ; 火 邪1.6.17 heat 熱 ; 熱 邪1.6.18 external wind 外 風disease or morbid condition produced by any of thesix excesses (external etiological factors) or othernoxious factors, the same as exopathic diseasea collective term for the six excessive or untimelyclimatic influences as external pathogenic factors:wind, cold, summerheat, dampness, dryness and fire,also the same as six climatic pathogenic factorswind as a pathogenic factor characterized by itsrapid movement, swift changes, and ascending andopening actions, also called pathogenic windcold as a pathogenic factor characterized by thedamage to yang qi, deceleration of activity, congealingand contracting actions, also called pathogenic coldsummerheat as a pathogenic factor, only occurring insummer, characterized by hotness and evaporation,also called pathogenic summerheatdampness as a pathogenic factor characterized by itsimpediment to qi movement and its turbidity, heaviness,stickiness and downward flowing properties, alsocalled pathogenic dampnessdryness as a pathogenic factor characterized bydryness and is apt to injure the lung and consumefluid, also called pathogenic drynessfire as a pathogenic factor characterized by intenseheat that is apt to injure fluid, consume qi, engenderwind, inducing bleeding, and disturb the mentalactivities, also called pathogenic fireheat as a pathogenic factor that causes heat pattern/syndrome, also called pathogenic heatwind as one of the six excesses that causes externalwind pattern/syndrome