文档介绍：The theory of
Yin-Yang and Five-elements
研究生英语教研室
李敏
英汉医学词典. 王晓鹰,章宜华主编,外语教学与研究出版社出版,2002年8月第1版。
汉英双解实用中医大辞典. 原一祥,任继学主编,人民卫生出版社出版,1997年7月第1版。
整体观念
Holism
天人相应
Correspondence between nature and human
Basic characteristics of TCM
与阴阳学说相关用语的翻译
阴阳
yin and yang
阴阳对立
opposition of yin and yang
阳邪
yang pathogen
yang evil
互根
mutual rooting of yin and yang
消长
waxing and waning of yin and yang
阴阳转化
yin-yang conversion
阴平阳秘,精神乃治。
Only when yin is at peace and yang pact can essence-spirit be normal
阴阳离绝, 精气乃绝。
If yin and yang separate from each other, essential qi will be exhausted.
在中医里,常见“x则y”的结构,x为因,y为果,可将则译为
Causing
Inducing
Leading to
Bring on
Give rise to
Produce
Make
阳虚则外寒
Yang deficiency causing external cold
阳盛则热
Excessive yang leading to heat
阴胜则寒
Predominance of yin leads to cold syndrome
中医的“者…之”可采取“treating …with”, “治法+证名”
实者泄之
Treating excess syndrome with purgation
虚者补之
Treating deficiency syndrome with invigoration (or invigorating deficiency)
寒者热之
Treating cold syndrome with hot-natured drugs (or heating the cold)
热者寒之
Treating heat syndrome with cold-natured drugs (or cooling the heat)