Classica Sinica Medica

胃風 简体 胃风

wèi fēng

Stomach wind · wei feng

Also rendered: Stomach wind (this site; wei feng given at the headword) · Wind in the stomach (the plainer rendering)

Pathology

Reviewed · 2026-09

At a glance

Pinyin
wèi fēng
Simplified
胃风
Literal
胃風 wèi fēng — wind lodged in the stomach, the one wind of the second half that belongs to a palace and not a store. Its paradox is in the last clause: the body grows thin while the belly grows large.
Shuowen
《說文解字》：胃，穀府也。从肉、𡆠象形。「胃」讀 wèi，**本篇2見**：**「陽明入胃」「胃風之狀」**；**「鬲」讀 gé，同「膈」**；**「塞」讀 sè**；**「頸」讀 jǐng**；**「䐜」讀 chēn**。

In brief

Stomach wind closes the chapter’s catalogue. Food and drink will not go down, the diaphragm is blocked, the belly is full, cold food brings diarrhoea, and on examination the body is thin but the abdomen large. It is the only wind of the six named for a palace rather than a store.

Senses in the classical corpus

1
What the graph says 胃
穀府也，从肉、𡆠象形
胃風之狀 — Suwen 42
2
Where it sweats 頸多汗
汗在頸，與諸風之「多汗」別
頸多汗 — Suwen 42
3
What will not pass 食飲不下，鬲塞不通
鬲讀 gé，塞讀 sè
食飲不下，鬲塞不通 — Suwen 42
4
What cold does 食寒則泄
寒食入胃，則泄
食寒則泄 — Suwen 42
5
What undressing does 失衣則䐜脹
䐜讀 chēn，脹起也
失衣則䐜脹 — Suwen 42
6
The paradox 診形瘦而腹大
形瘦於外，腹大於内
診形瘦而腹大 — Suwen 42

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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胃風之狀，頸多汗，惡風，食飲不下，鬲塞不通，腹善滿，失衣則䐜脹，食寒則泄，診形瘦而腹大。 胃风之状，颈多汗，恶风，食饮不下，鬲塞不通，腹善满，失衣则䐜胀，食寒则泄，诊形瘦而腹大。
Wèi fēng zhī zhuàng, jǐng duō hàn, wù fēng, shí yǐn bù xià, gé sè bù tōng, fù shàn mǎn, shī yī zé chēn zhàng, shí hán zé xiè, zhěn xíng shòu ér fù dà.
In stomach wind the neck sweats freely; the patient loathes wind; food and drink will not go down; the diaphragm is blocked; the abdomen is often full; if he loosens his clothes the belly swells, and if he eats cold there is diarrhoea. On examination the body is thin but the abdomen large.
**「鬲塞不通」——「鬲」讀 gé，阻隔也，為本字，通行作「膈」**；**「塞」讀 sè**；**「失衣則䐜脹」之「䐜」——「䐜」讀 chēn，脹起也**——**第十篇「腹滿䐜脹」同字**；**本篇六風之中，惟胃風屬府而不屬藏**。

Compounds built on this term

胃風
wèi fēng
stomach wind
本篇惟此一見
鬲塞不通
gé sè bù tōng
the diaphragm is blocked
鬲同膈，塞讀 sè
失衣則䐜脹
shī yī zé chēn zhàng
loosening the clothes, the belly swells
䐜讀 chēn
診形瘦而腹大
zhěn xíng shòu ér fù dà
the body thin, the abdomen large
胃風之診

How it has been translated

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

This sitestomach windtranslated, with wei feng at the headword
Unschuldstomach windthe same
Wisemanstomach windthe same

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