Definition

1. Verb:
   • To congest (blood): To cause or experience a pathological stagnation or pooling of blood in the body's vessels or tissues, often due to obstruction or poor circulation. This is a medical and traditional medicine term.
   • To have blood stasis: A state where blood flow is blocked or sluggish, leading to accumulation, which is considered a cause of pain or illness in traditional medical systems.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau khi bị ngã, anh ấy bị ứ huyết ở chân. (After the fall, he had blood congestion in his leg.)
  • Theo y học cổ truyền, đau bụng kinh có thể do ứ huyết. (According to traditional medicine, menstrual cramps can be due to blood stasis.)
  • Vết thương cần được chườm để tránh ứ huyết. (The wound needs to be iced to prevent blood congestion.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in medical, especially traditional Vietnamese medicine (Thuốc Nam, Đông y), and diagnostic contexts. It describes a specific pathological condition rather than a general feeling.
• It often appears in discussions about trauma, internal medicine, and gynecological disorders within traditional frameworks.

Variants and Related Words

• Ứ huyết ứ trệ (n/v): A more emphatic phrase meaning "blood stasis and stagnation."
• Huyết ứ (n): A nominal form meaning "blood stasis," commonly used as a diagnosis (e.g., - blood stasis syndrome).

Synonyms

• Stagnate (blood): To cease flowing and become stagnant.
• Congest (blood): To cause an excessive accumulation of blood.

Related Concepts

• Tán ứ huyết: To disperse or resolve blood stasis (a common treatment principle).
  • Bài thuốc này có tác dụng tán ứ huyết. (This herbal formula has the effect of dispersing blood stasis.)
• Khí trệ huyết ứ: A related traditional medicine concept meaning "qi stagnation and blood stasis," often cited as a paired cause of disease.

verb

1. to congest