tì vị
Definition
- 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.)