Water disease - Shuǐ bìng (English spelling)

Japanese: 水病 - すいびょう（英語表記）shuǐ bìng

The name of a disease in Chinese medicine. Water is an important factor in traditional Chinese medicine along with qi and blood, but it also includes an interpretation that differs from current knowledge, such as the idea that phlegm is also caused by abnormalities in water. Water diseases are diseases caused by abnormalities in the metabolism of water, and the term water-qi disease is also used. The most important water disease is edema, but there are differences in interpretations depending on the physician, and they are classified in various ways. For example, the Jingui Yaolue states that there are feng shui, skin water, and fair water, and the Zhubing Yuanhou Lun describes skin water, hair water, and so on in addition to the ten waters (ten types of water diseases) such as green water, red water, and yellow water, and it is said that some people have classified them into twenty-four waters.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国医学における病名。水は中国伝統医学で気，血などとともに重視されている要因であるが，痰などもその異常によって生ずるというように，現在の知識とは少し異なった解釈も加えている。水病は水の代謝異常に起因する病気で，水気病という語も用いられている。水病のうちでもっとも重要なものは水腫であるが，医家によって解釈に違いがあり，さまざまに分類されている。すなわち《金匱（きんき）要略》は風水，皮水，正水などがあるとし，《諸病源候論》は青水，赤水，黄水などの十水(10種の水病)のほかに皮水，毛水なども記載し，二十四水というような分類をした人もあることを伝えている。

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