WHO InternatIOnal Standard termInOlOgIeS On tradItIOnal medIcIne

WHO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TERMINOLOGIES ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION 59Code Term Chinese Definition/Description1.7.158effulgent heart-liverfire心 肝 火 旺a pathological change in which exuberant liverfire and heart fire disturb mental activity, or causevascular damage and frenetic blood flow, the sameas hyperactive heart-liver fire1.7.159heart-liver blooddeficiency心 肝 血 虛a pathological change in which deficiency of heartblood and liver blood deprives the mental activities,head, eyes, sinews and nails of nourishment1.7.160heart-stomach fireablaze心 胃 火 燔a pathological change arising when intense heartheat gives rise to mental disquiet and stomach firecauses damage to fluids1.7.161dual deficiency of theheart-spleen心 脾 兩 虛a pathological change in which deficiency of bothheart blood and spleen qi leads to disordered heartfunction and disquietness together with failure of thespleen in transportation and transformation1.7.162non-interactionbetween the heartand kidney心 腎 不 交a disorder of the normal relationship between theheart and kidney ascribed to deficiency of kidney yinand stirring of heart fire1.7.163heart-lung qideficiency心 肺 氣 虛a pathological change characterized by deficiency ofboth heart qi and lung qi with impairment of bloodcirculation and qi diffusion1.7.164heart deficiency withtimidity心 虛 膽 怯a pathological change characterized by simultaneousdeficiency of heart qi and gallbladder qi, marked bydisquietness and susceptibility to fright and fear1.7.165small intestinal excessheat小 腸 實 熱a pathological change of excess heat ascribed toshifting of heart fire to the small intestine1.7.166small intestinaldeficiency cold小 腸 虛 寒impairment of the small intestine by insufficient yangqi with endogenous cold, affecting the separation ofthe clear and turbid1.7.167 excess of liver qi肝 氣 實 ;肝 氣 盛presence of excessive pathogenic qi in the liver or livermeridian; the same as exuberance of liver qi1.7.168liver qi ascendingcounterflow肝 氣 上 逆the hyperactive liver qi attacking the upper part ofthe body, manifested as dizziness, headache, flushedface, tinnitus, deafness, fullness and pain of the chestand hypochondrium, belching, acid regurgitation,and even hematemesis, and a taut and forceful pulse