Definition
热病 (rè bìng) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) term for febrile diseases — conditions characterized by fever, often caused by external pathogens. It is broader than the everyday word 发烧 (fā shào, 'to have a fever') and is used in clinical or classical TCM contexts to describe a category of illness, not just a symptom.
n.
(in traditional Chinese medicine) febrile diseasefever caused by external pathogens
Examples
- 热病。Zhōngyī rènwéi rè bìng duō yóu wàigǎn fēngrè yǐnqǐ.Chinese medicine believes that febrile diseases are mostly caused by external wind-heat.
- 热病，。Tā dé le rè bìng, xūyào chī qīngrè de zhōngyào.He contracted a febrile disease and needs to take heat-clearing Chinese herbal medicine.
- 热病、。rè bìng de zhèngzhuàng bāokuò gāoshāo, kǒukě hé tóutòng.The symptoms of febrile disease include high fever, thirst, and headache.
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