Each entry gives the term in traditional and simplified form, its pinyin, the senses it carries in the classical corpus, the passages where it does real work, and how published translations have rendered it.
mài zhàng
Distension of the vessels themselves, and the first of the two forms from which the chapter derives all the rest. The distinction is made by where the defensive qi has gone: when the nutrient qi keeps to the vessels and the defensive runs counter to them, the vessels distend; when the defensive runs alongside the vessels in the spaces between, the skin distends. The pair is given before any organ distension is listed, the argument being that every named form is an instance of one of the two. Both are treated at Sanli and drained quickly, whether the case looks vacuous or replete.