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上火

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ID: 0632 Advanced
你是不是常听见有人说，“我最近上火了”、“吃烧烤容易上火”等这类的话？你知道“上火”是怎么一回事吗？你能判断自己是否上火了吗？如果上火了，该怎么办呢？别急，中医可以帮你解决这些疑问。
Fri Sep 07 2007 | Jenny, 肖霞
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
上火 shànghuǒ to rise in internal heat
故弄玄虚 gùnòngxuánxū to deliberately create an air of mystery
标本兼治 biāoběnjiānzhì to treat both the cause and the symptoms
对症下药 duìzhèngxiàyào to match the medicine to the illness
你怎么不吃了？这可是你最爱吃的水煮鱼。
nǐ zěnme bù chī le ？zhè kěshì nǐ zuì ài chī de shuǐzhǔyú 。
Why aren't you eating? This is your beloved ''Water-Boiled Fish."
我这几天上火了，不能吃辣的。
wǒ zhèjǐtiān shànghuǒ le ，bùnéng chī là de 。
The last few days I've had excessive internal heat. I can't eat spicy things.
上火？这里没有火啊。还吹着空调呢。
shànghuǒ ？zhèlǐ méiyǒu huǒ a 。hái chuī zhe kōngtiáo ne 。
Excessive internal heat? There's no fire in this. And the air-conditioner is on!
不是啦。我说的上火是中医上的一种说法。套用中医的话说，上火就是人体阴阳失衡后出现的内热症。感觉浑身像烧了一把火一样。
bù shì la 。wǒ shuō de shànghuǒ shì zhōngyī shàng de yīzhǒng shuōfa 。tàoyòng zhōngyī de huà shuō ，shànghuǒ jiùshì réntǐ yīnyáng shīhéng hòu chūxiàn de nèirèzhèng 。gǎnjué húnshēn xiàng shāo le yī bǎ huǒ yīyàng 。
It's not that. The internal heat I'm talking about is a concept from traditional Chinese medicine. To borrow a phrase from Chinese medicine, excessive internal heat is a heat disease that shows up when the Yin and Yang in a person's body get out of balance. You feel like you're burning from head to foot.
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