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liu yin 六淫  (in English and Chinese 中英文)

Compiled by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu  朱興國編譯   

The so-called six evils refers to wind, cold, heat, wet, dry, fire collectively. If climate changes are abnormal, or too abrupt; exceeding a certain limit, and when the body can not adapt with with the changes, it can lead to the weakening of the immune system and occurrence of the diseases.

所謂六淫，是風、寒、暑、濕、燥、火六種外感病邪的統稱。如果氣候變化異常，太過或不及，或非其時而有其氣，以及氣候變化過於急驟；超過了一定的限度，使機體不能與之相適應的時候，身體的免疫系統會降低，而導致疾病的發生。