漉漉

lù lù

Streaming · lu lu

Also rendered: dripping (True to the graph, but too small a word for sweat at this pitch) · profuse sweating (Clinically plain and loses the doubled form that pairs with 熇熇 and 渾渾)

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Reviewed · 2026-09

At a glance

Pinyin: lù lù
Simplified: 漉漉
Literal: 漉 lù, from 水 with 鹿 as phonetic — liquid drawn off, seeping through; doubled. The third prohibition: do not needle a streaming sweat. The chapter has been interested in sweat from the start — the sweat pores loosened by summerheat, the sweat that meets wind, the profuse sweat of great summerheat, the sweat that carries the evil out of the marrow. A streaming sweat is the last of the three signs that the disease is at its height and in counterflow.
Shuowen: 《說文解字》：漉，浚也，从水，鹿聲——**漉者，水滲而下、濾而出之**，**引申為液之滲出不止**。「漉」讀 lù，本篇二見——**「漉漉」二字本篇立為專名**，讀 lù lù。「汗」讀 hàn，本篇 6 見——汗空疏、汗出遇風、其汗大出、漉漉之汗、邪氣與汗皆出、以夏病者多汗，**六見皆關腠理之開泄**。「無」讀 wú；「剌」讀 cì；「之」讀 zhī；「故」讀 gù；「爲」讀 wéi；「其」讀 qí；「病」讀 bìng；「逆」讀 nì；「未」讀 wèi；「可」讀 kě；「治」讀 zhì；「也」讀 yě；「空」讀 kōng，本篇惟此一見——**「汗空」之空讀 kōng，義當作「孔」（「孔」）**；「疏」讀 shū，本篇惟此一見；「出」讀 chū，本篇 12 見。**「漉漉之汗」四字，是三禁之末**：**汗出不止則氣隨汗泄，此時剌之，是重虛其虛**。**與上文「汗空疏，腠理開」之汗為一因一果**：腠理開則汗空疏，汗空疏則汗漉漉——**本篇言汗者六，自病因以至病候，一線相貫**。**與第三十三篇「絶汗」之汗為最危之汗者異**：**彼為將絕之汗，此為瘧作之汗**，**同名而異候**。

In brief

Sweat pouring off and not stopping. The third of the three prohibitions, and the one that completes the set: scorching heat, a pulse that cannot be read, and sweat that will not stop. At that point the disease is in counterflow and cannot be treated.

Senses in the classical corpus

The word 漉漉

从水从鹿，水滲而出之貌

無剌漉漉之汗 — Suwen 35

The prohibition 無剌

汗多不止之時不可剌

無剌漉漉之汗 — Suwen 35

Why sweat matters here 汗空疏

汗孔疏則汗易出

此令人汗空疏 — Suwen 35

The door it opens 腠理開

腠理開則邪入，亦則汗出

汗出遇風 — Suwen 35

Sweat as an exit 邪氣與汗皆出

有用力則邪隨汗出

邪氣與汗皆出 — Suwen 35

The third sign, and the rule 未可治也

三禁具則病逆，未可治

故爲其病逆，未可治也 — Suwen 35

Occurrences in the classics

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素問·瘧論 Suwen 35 · 瘧論 Read in context →

歧伯曰：經言無剌熇熇之熱，無剌渾渾之脉，無剌漉漉之汗，故爲其病逆，未可治也。歧伯曰：经言无刺熇熇之热，无刺浑浑之脉，无刺漉漉之汗，故为其病逆，未可治也。

Qí bó yuē: jīng yán wú cì hè hè zhī rè, wú cì hún hún zhī mài, wú cì lù lù zhī hàn, gù wéi qí bìng nì, wèi kě zhì yě.

Qi Bo says: the classic says — do not needle a scorching heat, do not needle a turbulent pulse, do not needle a streaming sweat. For its disease is in counterflow, and it cannot yet be treated.

三禁之末，與「熇熇」「渾渾」同句。「無」讀 wú；「剌」讀 cì；「漉」讀 lù；「之」讀 zhī；「汗」讀 hàn；「熇」讀 hè；「熱」讀 rè；「渾」讀 hún；「脉」讀 mài；「故」讀 gù；「爲」讀 wéi，讀 wéi；「其」讀 qí；「病」讀 bìng；「逆」讀 nì；「未」讀 wèi；「可」讀 kě；「治」讀 zhì；「也」讀 yě。**「無剌漉漉之汗」六字，三禁之末而最見生理**：熱盛則汗出，汗出不止則氣隨之外泄，**故不待「病逆」二字而不可治之理已明**。**三禁之序，自證而診而候**：熇熇（熱之證）、渾渾（脉之診）、漉漉（汗之候），**三者備而後曰「未可治也」**——**是《素問》設禁之最整者**。**「剌」字本篇四見，皆从束从刂而讀 cì**：本站「剌」條已明其為底本「刺」之字，**本篇「乃剌之」「無剌」凡四見，與第三十三篇「五十九剌」同例**。**「汗」字本篇六見**：汗空疏、汗出遇風、其汗大出、漉漉之汗、邪氣與汗皆出、多汗，**一以言其因，一以言其候，一以言其為邪之出路**，**三義而同字**。

Compounds built on this term

漉漉

lù lù

streaming

本篇二見，狀汗出不止

汗空疏

hàn kōng shū

the sweat pores are loose

「空」讀 kōng，義作「孔」

邪氣與汗皆出

xié qì yǔ hàn jiē chū

the evil comes out with the sweat

温瘧發病之機

以夏病者多汗

yǐ xià bìng zhě duō hàn

those who sicken in summer sweat much

四時之證之一

How it has been translated

Every rendering below is a decision about which reader is being addressed. There is no neutral option.

Wiseman & Feng	dripping sweat	They keep the image of liquid passing through, which is what 漉 is.
Unschuld	streaming	Unschuld takes the flow rather than the dripping, which suits sweat that will not stop.
This site	streaming	We keep one word for the doubled graph so that the three prohibitions read as a set: scorching, turbulent, streaming. The chapter gives them in one breath and explains them in one sentence, and the English should let that be heard.

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