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WHO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TERMINOLOGIES ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION 41Code Term Chinese Definition/Description1.6.19 external cold 外 寒1.6.20 external dampness 外 濕1.6.21 external dryness 外 燥1.6.22 internal wind 內 風1.6.23 internal cold 內 寒1.6.24 internal dampness 內 濕1.6.25 internal dryness 內 燥cold as one of the six excesses that causes externalcold pattern/syndromedampness as one of the six excesses that causesexternally contracted dampness pattern/syndromedryness as one of the six excesses that causes externaldryness pattern/syndromethe same as liver wind, wind in the interior due toabnormal movement of body’s yang qicold in the interior due to deficiency of yang qi orpreponderance of yin colddampness produced in the body due to yangdeficiency of the spleen and kidney with decreasedfluid transportation and transformation and resultantwater stagnationdryness in the interior due to consumption of bodyfluid1.6.26 wind-cold 風 寒 a combined pathogen of external wind and cold1.6.27 wind-heat 風 熱 a combined pathogen of external wind and heat1.6.28 wind-dampness 風 濕(1) a combined pathogen of external wind anddampness; (2) arthritis with soft tissue inflammation1.6.29 wind-dryness 風 燥 a combined pathogen of external wind and dryness1.6.30 wind-phlegm 風 痰 a combined pathogen of wind and phlegm1.6.31 cold-dampness 寒 濕 a combined pathogen of cold and dampness1.6.32 wind-cold-dampness 風 寒 濕 a combined pathogen of wind, cold and dampness1.6.33 dampness-heat 濕 熱 a combined pathogen of dampness and heat1.6.34 dampness-fire 濕 火1.6.35 dampness turbidity 濕 濁depressed dampness transforming into fire thatdamages spleen-stomach yinthe same as dampness. It describes the heavy, viscidand turbid nature of dampness