shā
痧
acute disease (TCM); cholera; heatstroke
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
acute disease (in Traditional Chinese Medicine), such as cholera or sunstroke
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, 痧 refers to sudden acute conditions often caused by external pathogenic factors. The term appears in compounds like 绞肠痧 (acute abdominal pain) and is closely associated with the treatment method 刮痧 (guāshā, skin scraping).
Tā他
zhòng中
le了
shǔ暑
，
dé得
le了
shā痧
zhèng症
。
He suffered from heatstroke and came down with an acute sha condition.
Jiǎo绞
cháng肠
shā痧
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
yán严
zhòng重
de的
jí急
zhèng症
，
xū需
yào要
lì立
jí即
zhì治
liáo疗
。
Twisting-intestine sha is a serious acute condition requiring immediate treatment.
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Zhōng中
yī医
cháng常
yòng用
guā刮
shā痧
lái来
zhì治
liáo疗
zhòng中
shǔ暑
fā发
shā痧
。
Traditional Chinese Medicine often uses scraping therapy to treat heatstroke and sha conditions.