胞痺简体胞痹

bāo bì

Bladder obstruction

Also rendered: Bladder obstruction (this site; 胞 taken as the bladder, after the chapter's own 膀胱) · Bladder impediment (where the whole family of 痺 names is rendered with impediment)

Pathology

Reviewed · 2026-09

At a glance

Pinyin: bāo bì
Simplified: 胞痹
Literal: 胞痺 bāo bì — the second of the two palace obstructions, and the one the chapter describes most concretely. 胞 here is the bladder: there is pain on pressing inside the lower belly, as though hot water had been poured in, the urine is rough and slow, and above there is clear snivel.
Shuowen: 《說文解字》：胞，兒生裹也，从肉包聲；痺，濕病也，从疒畀聲。「胞」於此通「脬」，《說文》「脬，膀光也」。「胞」讀 bāo、**本篇1見**；「痺」讀 bì。「**胞痺者，少腹膀胱，按之内痛，若沃以湯，澀於小便，上爲清涕**」——**「少」讀 shào**，**「沃」讀 wò**，**「澀」讀 sè**。

In brief

Obstruction lodged in the bladder. The chapter localises it precisely — the lower belly where the bladder is, painful when pressed — and gives the two images that carry it: as though scalding water had been poured in, and urine that comes rough. Above, the clear snivel is what the same obstruction does at the other end.

Senses in the classical corpus

The graphs 胞、痺

胞者兒生裹也，此通「脬」，膀光是也；痺者濕病也

胞痺者，少腹膀胱 — Suwen 43

Where it is 少腹膀胱

少讀 shào，少腹即小腹

少腹膀胱 — Suwen 43

The pain on pressure 按之内痛

按之則痛，其痛在内

按之内痛 — Suwen 43

The first image 若沃以湯

沃讀 wò，澆灌也；如以熱湯沃之

若沃以湯 — Suwen 43

The urine 澀於小便

澀讀 sè，不利也

澀於小便 — Suwen 43

What is above 上爲清涕

痺在於下，而清涕出於上

上爲清涕 — Suwen 43

Occurrences in the classics

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Suwen 43 Suwen 43 · 痺論 Read in context →

凡痺之客五藏者，肺痺者，煩滿喘而嘔；心痺者，脉不通，煩則心下鼓，暴上氣而喘，嗌乾善噫，厥氣上則恐；肝痺者，夜卧則驚，多飲數小便，上爲引如懷；腎痺者，善脹，凥以代踵，脊以代頭；脾痺者，四支解墯，發欬嘔汁，上爲大塞；腸痺者，數飲而出不得，中氣喘爭，時發飱泄；胞痺者，少腹膀胱，按之内痛，若沃以湯，澀於小便，上爲清涕。凡痹之客五脏者，肺痹者，烦满喘而呕；心痹者，脉不通，烦则心下鼓，暴上气而喘，嗌干善噫，厥气上则恐；肝痹者，夜卧则惊，多饮数小便，上为引如怀；肾痹者，善胀，凥以代踵，脊以代头；脾痹者，四肢解惰，发咳呕汁，上为大塞；肠痹者，数饮而出不得，中气喘争，时发飧泄；胞痹者，少腹膀胱，按之内痛，若沃以汤，涩于小便，上为清涕。

Fán bì zhī kè wǔ zàng zhě, fèi bì zhě, fán mǎn chuǎn ér ǒu; xīn bì zhě, mài bù tōng, fán zé xīn xià gǔ, bào shàng qì ér chuǎn, yì gān shàn ài, jué qì shàng zé kǒng; gān bì zhě, yè wò zé jīng, duō yǐn shuò xiǎo biàn, shàng wéi yǐn rú huái; shèn bì zhě, shàn zhàng, jū yǐ dài zhǒng, jǐ yǐ dài tóu; pí bì zhě, sì zhī jiě duò, fā kài ǒu zhī, shàng wéi dà sè; cháng bì zhě, shuò yǐn ér chū bù dé, zhōng qì chuǎn zhēng, shí fā sūn xiè; bāo bì zhě, shào fù páng guāng, àn zhī nèi tòng, ruò wò yǐ tāng, sè yú xiǎo biàn, shàng wéi qīng tì.

For obstruction lodging in the five stores: lung obstruction is fullness and distress, panting and vomiting; heart obstruction is the vessels not passing through — distress brings a beating below the heart, sudden rising qi and panting, a dry pharynx and frequent belching, and when the counterflow qi rises, fear; liver obstruction is starting in the night, drinking much and passing water often, with a drawing upward that feels like carrying a child; kidney obstruction is a readiness to swell, the rump taking the place of the heel and the spine taking the place of the head; spleen obstruction is slackness of the four limbs, coughing and vomiting fluid, and great stoppage above; intestinal obstruction is drinking often and yet not passing it, the central qi contending with panting, and from time to time outflow diarrhea; bladder obstruction is pain within the lower abdomen and bladder when pressed, as though hot water had been poured in, rough passage of urine, and clear snivel above.

**「胞痺者，少腹膀胱，按之内痛，若沃以湯，澀於小便，上爲清涕」——**「少」讀 shào，**「少腹」讀 shào fù，本站近六篇同讀**——**本篇「少」4見，餘三見（陽氣少、陰氣少、陰氣少）讀 shǎo**；「沃」讀 wò，**澆灌也**；「澀」讀 sè，**與下文「榮衛之行濇」之「濇」同篇二形，音義並同**；**「内痛」之「内」讀 nèi，**本篇9見，从底本作「内」不作「內」**。

Compounds built on this term

胞痺

bāo bì

bladder obstruction

本篇六府痺之一

少腹膀胱

shào fù bǎng guāng

the lower belly and the bladder

少讀 shào

若沃以湯

ruò wò yǐ tāng

as though poured over with hot water

沃讀 wò

澀於小便

sè yú xiǎo biàn

rough in the urine

澀讀 sè，與「濇」同

How it has been translated

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

This site	bladder obstruction	the chapter names 膀胱 itself, so the rendering takes 胞 as the bladder
Unschuld	bladder blockage	the same construction
Wiseman	bladder impediment	impediment for 痺

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