Investigation and explanation of origin and development of the meanings of wet
- VernacularTitle:“湿”义源流考释
- Author:
Dongpo WANG
;
Qi WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Wet;
Meanings;
Literature research
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
There are many meanings of wet in TCM. In ancient literatures of TCM, wet has meanings of damp, moisture, wet pathogenic factors, wet disease, spleen earth, etc. It formed the fixed meaning of wet pathogenic factors and wet disease from the han dynasty. Doctors in jin-yuan dynasty and ming-qing dynasty had put forward the concept of wet having the attribute of interior and exterior, yin and yang.
