惡風简体恶风

wù fēng

Aversion to wind · wu feng

Also rendered: Aversion to wind (Clinical) · Wind-shyness (Literal)

Reviewed · 2026-10-28

At a glance

Pinyin: wù fēng
Simplified: 恶风
Literal: 惡 wù, to shrink from; 風 fēng, wind. The patient is not cold in still air but cannot bear the least draught, and wants the door shut. It is the milder cousin of aversion to cold, and the book puts the two side by side in one line: 嗇嗇惡寒, 淅淅惡風.
Shuowen: **《說文》：「風，八風也。」** 惡讀 wù，如前條。**底本五見**，皆在卷五。**惡風與惡寒之辨，為太陽辨證之要**：惡寒者無風亦寒，惡風者當風始惡；故中風條曰「惡風」而不曰「惡寒」，傷寒條曰「惡寒」而不曰「惡風」。**然二者常並見**：5-13 一句之中「嗇嗇惡寒，淅淅惡風」兼舉，則知中風之證亦有惡寒，特以惡風為甚。**5-17 項背強几几而反汗出惡風**，又見惡風不必盡屬中風，要看其所兼。

In brief

Shrinking from a draught. It differs from aversion to cold in that wind must be there to bring it on, and the book uses the difference to sort the two faces of taiyang: wind strike is named with aversion to wind, cold damage with aversion to cold. The two do occur together — one line of the chapter has the patient shivering with cold and wincing at wind at once — and aversion to wind also appears with a stiff back and sweating, where the pattern is not simple wind strike.

Senses in the classical corpus

The mark of wind strike 汗出，惡風，脉緩者，名爲中風

發熱汗出而惡風脉緩，三者為中風之定證

Fever, sweat, aversion to wind and a slack pulse: these name wind strike.

太陽病，發熱，汗出，惡風，脉緩者，名爲中風 — 傷寒論·辨太陽病脉證并治上第五

Beside aversion to cold 嗇嗇惡寒，淅淅惡風

惡寒者無風亦寒，惡風者當風則惡；二語並舉，見中風亦有惡寒而惡風為甚

A shivering cold and a wincing at wind, a gathering fever, a ringing in the nose and dry retching: cinnamon twig decoction governs it.

嗇嗇惡寒，淅淅惡風，翕翕發熱，鼻鳴乾嘔者，桂枝湯主之 — 傷寒論·辨太陽病脉證并治上第五

Not always simple wind strike 反汗出惡風者

項背強几几本似剛痓，而反汗出惡風，則非痓而為太陽經輸不利

Stiffness of nape and back looks like the hard form of spasm; but with sweat and aversion to wind it is not spasm, it is the taiyang tract failing to course freely.

太陽病，項背強，几几，反汗出惡風者，桂枝加葛根湯主之 — 傷寒論·辨太陽病脉證并治上第五

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傷寒論·辨太陽病脉證并治上第五 Read in context →

太陽病，發熱，汗出，惡風，脉緩者，名爲中風。太阳病，发热，汗出，恶风，脉缓者，名为中风。

tài yáng bìng fā rè hàn chū wù fēng mài huǎn zhě míng wéi zhòng fēng

In taiyang disease, with fever, sweating, aversion to wind and a relaxed pulse, the condition is called wind-strike.

**「惡風」五篇共5見**（經文，不含成注），本文引第5篇第02段、第5篇第13段、第5篇第17段。

傷寒論·辨太陽病脉證并治上第五 Read in context →

太陽中風，陽浮而陰弱，陽浮者，熱自發，陰弱者，汗自出。嗇嗇惡寒，淅淅惡風，翕翕發熱，鼻鳴乾嘔者，桂枝湯主之。太阳中风，阳浮而阴弱，阳浮者，热自发，阴弱者，汗自出。啬啬恶寒，淅淅恶风，翕翕发热，鼻鸣干呕者，桂枝汤主之。

tài yáng zhòng fēng yáng fú ér yīn ruò yáng fú zhě rè zì fā yīn ruò zhě hàn zì chū sè sè wù hán xī xī wù fēng xī xī fā rè bí míng gān ǒu zhě guì zhī tāng zhǔ zhī

Taiyang wind-strike: the yang floats and the yin is weak. Floating means heat arises of itself; weak means sweat comes out on its own. With shivering aversion to cold, a soughing dislike of wind, a smothering heat, ringing in the nose and dry retching, Cinnamon Twig Decoction governs.

惡風與惡寒之别，在風之有無；中風以惡風名，然 5-13 兼言惡寒，知二者非截然兩證。

傷寒論·辨太陽病脉證并治上第五 Read in context →

太陽病，項背強，几几，反汗出惡風者，桂枝加葛根湯主之。太阳病，项背强，几几，反汗出恶风者，桂枝加葛根汤主之。

tài yáng bìng xiàng bèi qiáng jǐn jǐn fǎn hàn chū wù fēng zhě guì zhī jiā gé gēn tāng zhǔ zhī

In taiyang disease, with stiffness of the nape and back, a straining neck, and contrary to expectation sweating with aversion to wind, Cinnamon Twig plus Kudzu Decoction governs.

惡風與惡寒之别，在風之有無；中風以惡風名，然 5-13 兼言惡寒，知二者非截然兩證。

Compounds built on this term

惡風

wù fēng

aversion to wind

辨太陽病脉證并治上第五

汗出惡風

hàn chū wù fēng

sweating with aversion to wind

辨太陽病脉證并治上第五

淅淅惡風

xī xī wù fēng

a wincing, wind-shy chill

辨太陽病脉證并治上第五

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This site	aversion to wind	keeps the draught, which is what brings it on
Literal	hating wind	exact, and stronger than the Chinese
Clinical	draught intolerance	clear, and loses the pattern sense

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