浮腫 简体 浮肿

fú zhǒng

Puffiness · fu zhong

Also rendered: Puffiness (this site; the face is raised rather than pitting) · Oedema (the modern clinical word; anachronistic for this text)

Reviewed · 2026-09

At a glance

Pinyin
fú zhǒng
Simplified
浮肿
Literal
浮腫 fú zhǒng — puffiness. 浮 is the graph that also names the floating pulse, and the two senses are not the same: here it is the face that is raised and puffy, not the pulse. Chapter 38 puts the word in two places that together carry the chapter's whole argument. First as a sign: all these coughs gather in the stomach and bear on the lung, and they leave the face puffy with counterflowing qi. Then as a rule: for the puffiness, treat the conduits — the third of the three treatment lines the chapter ends on.
Shuowen
《說文解字》:浮,氾也——**本義為浮於水面**;**腫,癰也**——**本義為癰腫,引申為腫脹**。「浮」讀 fú,**本篇2見,皆在「浮腫」一詞中**;「腫」讀 zhǒng,**本篇3見**(浮腫二、咽腫一)——**不作「肿」(「肿」)**。**「浮」字本站有二義**:**此為浮腫之浮(面目浮起),與本站「浮」(#634,秋脉如浮之浮)同名異實**——**本站分立,不為混注**;**二字碼位相鄰之「浮/浮」同名,最易混讀,故特為別之**。

In brief

Puffiness of the face, the sign that a long cough has gathered in the stomach and turned the qi counterflow. Chapter 38 treats it at the conduits, distinct from the stores’ transport points and the palaces’ confluence points.

Senses in the classical corpus

1
What the graphs say 浮腫
浮,浮起也;腫,腫脹也;讀 fú zhǒng
而面浮腫氣逆也 — Suwen 38
2
As the sign of the gathering 面浮腫
諸欬聚於胃、關於肺,故面浮腫
此皆聚於胃,關於肺 — Suwen 38
3
Paired with counterflowing qi 氣逆
浮腫與氣逆並見,為欬之甚者
而面浮腫氣逆也 — Suwen 38
4
Treated at the conduits 治其經
浮腫者治其經,與治藏之俞、治府之合為三法
浮腫者治其經 — Suwen 38
5
Not the floating pulse 浮
本站「浮」(#634)為脉象之浮,與此浮腫之浮同名異實
浮腫者治其經 — Suwen 38
6
Where it comes from 聚於胃
涕唾與浮腫皆由聚於胃、關於肺而生
使人多涕唾,而面浮腫氣逆也 — Suwen 38

Occurrences in the classics

Passages where the term does real work, with the original, pinyin and English on the same line.

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Suwen 38 Suwen 38 · 欬論 Read in context →
此皆聚於胃,關於肺,使人多涕唾,而面浮腫氣逆也。 此皆聚于胃,关于肺,使人多涕唾,而面浮肿气逆也。
Cǐ jiē jù yú wèi, guān yú fèi, shǐ rén duō tì tuò, ér miàn fú zhǒng qì nì yě.
All of these gather in the stomach and bear on the lung; they make a person produce much snivel and spittle, and the face becomes puffy with counterflowing qi.
**「此皆聚於胃,關於肺,使人多涕唾,而面浮腫氣逆也」二十二字,是全篇之歸宿**——**上文五藏六府十一目之欬,至此總歸於胃與肺二處**,**與篇首「其寒飲食入胃,從肺脉上至於肺」遙相呼應**:**篇首言欬之成,篇末言欬之所歸,皆在胃與肺**。**「聚」(「聚」讀 jù)、「關」(「關」讀 guān)、「涕」(「涕」讀 tì)、「面」(「面」讀 miàn)、「逆」(「逆」讀 nì)五字皆本篇惟此一見**。**「逆」讀 nì**——**「氣逆」與第三十七篇「氣厥」(氣逆而厥)義近而字別**。**「浮腫」之治在篇末三句中居其一**:**治藏者治其俞、治府者治其合、浮腫者治其經**——**藏取俞、府取合、腫取經,此《素問》刺法之通例**。
素問·風論 Suwen 42 · 風論 Read in context →
腎風之狀,多汗,惡風,面痝然浮腫,脊痛不能正立,其色炲,隱曲不利,診在肌上,其色黑。 肾风之状,多汗,恶风,面痝然浮肿,脊痛不能正立,其色炲,隐曲不利,诊在肌上,其色黑。
Shèn fēng zhī zhuàng, duō hàn, wù fēng, miàn máng rán fú zhǒng, jǐ tòng bù néng zhèng lì, qí sè tái, yǐn qū bù lì, zhěn zài jī shàng, qí sè hēi.
In kidney wind the patient sweats freely and loathes wind; the face is swollen and puffy; the spine hurts and he cannot stand upright; the colour is sooty black; what is private and hidden no longer works freely. It is diagnosed on the flesh, and the colour is black.
「面痝然浮腫」——**本篇「浮腫」1見,即此**;**第三十八篇之久欬浮腫在胃,本篇之浮腫在腎風**——**同為浮腫,所屬不同**。「浮」讀 fú、「腫」讀 zhǒng**「浮腫」讀 fú zhǒng**;「痝」讀 máng**「痝然」讀 máng rán**;「脊」讀 jǐ**「脊痛不能正立」讀 jǐ**。
素問·氣交變大論 Suwen 69 · 氣交變大論 Read in context →
民病寒疾於下,甚則腹滿浮腫,上應鎮星,其主黅榖。復則大風暴發,草偃木零,生長不鮮,面色時變,筋骨併辟,肉膶瘛,目視䀮䀮,物疏璺,肌肉胗發,氣并鬲中,痛於心腹,黄氣乃損,其榖不登,上應歲星。 民病寒疾于下,甚则腹满浮肿,上应镇星,其主黅谷。复则大风暴发,草偃木零,生长不鲜,面色时变,筋骨并辟,肉膶瘛,目视䀮䀮,物疏璺,肌肉胗发,气并鬲中,痛于心腹,黄气乃损,其谷不登,上应岁星。
Mín bìng hán jí yú xià, shèn zé fù mǎn fú zhǒng, shàng yìng zhèn xīng, qí zhǔ jīn gǔ. Fù zé dà fēng bào fā, cǎo yǎn mù líng, shēng zhǎng bù xiān, miàn sè shí biàn, jīn gǔ bìng bì, ròu rún chì, mù shì huāng huāng, wù shū wèn, jī ròu zhěn fā, qì bìng gé zhōng, tòng yú xīn fù, huáng qì nǎi sǔn, qí gǔ bù dēng, shàng yìng suì xīng.
The people are ill with cold disease below and, if it is severe, fullness of the abdomen and floating swelling; it answers above to Saturn, and what it governs is the yellow grain. When revenge comes, great wind breaks out violently, the grass lies down and the trees are stripped, growth is not fresh, the colour of the face changes from time to time, the sinews and bones are drawn together and awry, the flesh twitches and there is convulsion, the eyes see dimly, things are cracked and split, rashes break out on the flesh, the qi gathers in the diaphragm, there is pain in the heart and abdomen, the yellow qi is damaged, and its grain is not harvested; it answers above to Jupiter.
「民病寒疾於下,甚則腹滿浮腫,上應鎮星」——**「浮腫」本篇1見,止此一見**;**本篇浮腫因濕乃大行、寒疾於下而起,與第三十八篇欬久而面浮腫者同源**;**本篇「浮」1見,即在「浮腫」之内,不入「浮」目**;**「浮」讀 fú、「腫」讀 zhǒng**

Compounds built on this term

浮腫氣逆
fú zhǒng qì nì
puffiness with counterflowing qi
本篇諸欬之歸宿
治其經
zhì qí jīng
treat their conduits
浮腫之治法
聚於胃
jù yú wèi
gathering in the stomach
諸欬之所歸
關於肺
guān yú fèi
bearing on the lung
諸欬之所關

How it has been translated

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

This sitepuffiness浮 is the same graph as the floating pulse, but here it describes the face, not the vessel
Unschuldswellingrenders 浮腫 as 'swelling' in the treatment line
WisemanpuffinessWiseman keeps 浮腫 distinct from water swelling 水腫

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