WHO international standard terminologies on traditional medicine in the western pacific region

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Oriental medicine 東洋醫學

a general term for traditional medicine practiced in East Asian countries, e.g., Korea and Japan

Traditional Korean medicine 韓醫學

the medicine traditionally practiced in Korea, based on ancient Chinese medicine, shich focuses principally on constitutional approaches.

Four-Constitution Medicine 四象醫學

the branch of traditional Korean medicine initiated by Lee Je-ma, which stresses the theory of the four constitutions : physiology, pathology, diagnosis, and maintenance of health, also called Sasang Constitutional Medicine

greater yang person 太陽人

one who has strong lung and weak liver in the context of Four-Constitution Medicine, also called a Tai-yang person

lesser yang person 少陽人

one who has strong spleen and weak kidney in the context of Four-Constitution Medicine, also called a So-yang person

greater yin person 太陰人

one who has strong liver and weak lung in the context of Four-Constitution Medicine, also called a Tai-eum peerson

lesser yin person 少陰人

one who has strong kidney and weak spleen n the context of Four-Constitution Medicine, also called a So-eum person

yin and yang 陰陽

the general descriptive terms for the two opposite, complementary and inter-related cosmic forces found in all matter in nature. The ceaseless motion of both yin and yang gives rise to all changes seen in the world

five phases 五行

the five phases : wood, fire, earth, metal and water and their movements and changes, also known as five elements

qi 氣

the basic element that constitutes the cosmos and, through its movements, changes and transformations, produces everything in the world, including the human body and life activities. In the field of medicine, qi refers both to the refined nutritive substance that flows within the human body as well as to its functional activities

five viscera 五臟

a collective term for the heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney

meridian and collateral 經絡

a system of conduits through which qu and blood circulate, sonnesting the bowels, viscera, extremities, superficial organs and tissues, making the body an organic whole, the same as channels and networks ; meridians or channels, in short