Definition

1. Noun (Traditional Medicine):
   • Spleen and Stomach: In traditional Vietnamese medicine, "tì vị" refers specifically to the spleen and stomach as a paired organ system responsible for digestion, nutrient absorption, and the transformation of food into energy (qi and blood).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tì vị yếu có thể dẫn đến kém ăn và mệt mỏi. (A weak spleen-stomach system can lead to poor appetite and fatigue.)
  • Ông ấy dùng thuốc nam để bổ tì vị. (He uses southern herbal medicine to tonify his spleen and stomach.)
  • Theo Đông y, cần giữ cho tì vị khỏe mạnh. (According to Eastern medicine, it is necessary to keep the spleen and stomach healthy.)

Advanced Usage

• "tì vị hư hàn": spleen-stomach deficiency cold. A pattern in traditional medicine where the digestive system is weak and manifests with cold symptoms.
  • Triệu chứng của chứng tì vị hư hàn là đau bụng, thích chườm nóng. (Symptoms of spleen-stomach deficiency cold are abdominal pain that prefers warm compression.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kiện tì (v): to strengthen the spleen (a common therapeutic principle).

  • Món cháo này có tác dụng kiện tì. (This porridge has the effect of strengthening the spleen.)

• Tỳ (n): An alternate, more Sino-Vietnamese spelling for "tì" (spleen), often seen in medical texts.

Synonyms

• Digestive system (in the specific context of traditional medicine): the organs responsible for digestion, though this is a modern biomedical analogy.
• Spleen-stomach complex: a direct descriptive translation of the paired concept.

Related Concepts

• Vận hóa (transformation and transportation): This is the primary physiological function attributed to the "tì vị" system.
  • Chức năng chính của tì vị là vận hóa thức ăn. (The main function of the spleen and stomach is the transformation and transportation of food.)