淡泻
English translation: mild diarrhoea
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|  Selected response from: Shirley Chen United States Local time: 19:59 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | mild diarrhoea |
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| 4 | mild diarrhea |
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| 3 | slight diarrhoea |
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12 mins confidence: 
slight diarrhoea Explanation: 我觉得“淡泄”是“轻微的腹泻”的意思。 |
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3 days 22 hrs confidence:
mild diarrhea Explanation: As this term comes under Medical (general), the translated word should be one understood by the layman. Hence from the word itself, when applied in the medical realm, it is a literal meaning unless it is applied differently in TCM. But taking the term in context in this case (TCM) from a linguistic perspective, mild diarrhea should be appropriate. |
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18 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1mild diarrhoea Explanation: Just for your reference. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-06 07:28:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- “木通, 逐水气、利小便, 亦佐使之药, 不可不用, 而又不可多用, 多用则泄人元气．或疑木通利水去滞气, 亦有益之品, 而谓泄人元气何也？夫木通利水, 功何异于猪苓, 但嫌其苦寒损胃, 非若淡泻之无害也．胃气既伤, 元气必耗, 故用之为佐使则有功无过, 倘多用之为君, 则过于祛逐, 元气必随水而走, 安得不耗哉？”《本草新编》 Denyce 所問緣自《本草新编》的一小段翻譯成白話為: 木通的作用為利水 (即清熱化濕之意)，其功能與猪苓 (按:猪苓也是一種利水消腫的中藥) 沒什麼兩樣，但它過於性寒、容易傷胃，引起的副作用並不像輕瀉一樣沒什麼大礙，一旦傷了胃氣，一定耗盡身體的元氣。 另外請參考以下一段對木通一藥的描述: 「临床应用本品, 口服毒性很小, 注射给药则有一定毒性．曾有服用木通马兜铃过量, 引起急性肾功能衰竭经抢救后病情好转２例的报道, 临床表现为腹痛、腹泻、浮肿、尿量减少, 非蛋白氮升高, 二氧化碳结合力下降（代谢性酸中毒）, 酚红排泄试验为零．亦有煎服木通二两二钱后引起急性肾功能衰竭, 经抢救无效而死亡１例的报告。」來源:《中药现代研究》http://www.cyao.org/4/a7/070.htm 由文中可見，服用木通確實會引起腹瀉，過量可能會死亡。 因此，Denyce 所問的「淡瀉」指的應該是「輕微的腹瀉」沒有錯。 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 days (2009-02-14 02:59:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, I just foudn my typo. It should be diarrhea. |
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