中医英语课后句子汉译英练习答案(第1215课).docVIP

第十二课 句子翻译 The course of many diseases is a process of combat between pathogenic factors and healthy qi as well as the ebb and flow of their strengths. Predominance of pathogenic factors leads to excess while depletion of essence results in deficiency. Healthy qi triumphs over pathogenic factors, leading to improvement of or recovery from an illness. Yang deficiency refers to the morbid state of insufficient or hypofunctional yang qi failing to warm the body. Yin deficiency refers to the morbid state of depleted essence, blood and fluid leading to relative hyperactivity of yang. Loss of yin or yang refers to the critical state of sudden, profuse loss of yin-fluid or yang-qi. The disorders of qi include insufficient production of qi, excessive depletion of qi, hypofunction of qi and abnormal movements of qi. The topical stagnation of qi may lead to such symptoms as distension, pain, or even blood stasis and retention of water, fluid, or phlegm Qi adverseness refers to the morbid state of abnormal ascending and descending of qi and adverse, upward flow of visceral qi. Blood deficiency refers to the morbid state of insufficient blood failing to nourish the body. Blood stasis refers to the morbid state of slow and unsmooth flow of blood. Blood heat refers to the morbid state of heat in the blood hastening the blood flow. Blood stasis due to qi stagnation means that the unsmooth flow of qi leads to disturbance of blood circulation. Impairment of thin-fluid often develops to depletion of thick-fluid, and depletion of thick-fluid is a result of insufficient thin-fluid. Qi stagnation due to fluid retention refers to the morbid state of disturbance of fluid metabolism and retention of water, dampness, phlegm and fluid lead to stagnation of qi. Stirring of endogenous wind refers to a morbid state due to hyperactivity of yang qi within the body. Endogenous dampness is mostly caused by deficiency of the spleen, so it is also called “dampness due to spleen deficiency