Wind from overexertion · lao feng

At a glance

Pinyin

láo fēng

Simplified

劳风

Literal

勞 láo, labour, overexertion; 風 fēng, wind. Wind taken when the body has been spent by exertion, and therefore settling deeper than an ordinary wind would — the text puts it below the lung. Its signs are odd and specific: the neck stiffens and the head is held up, the vision dims, spittle comes out like snivel, and the person loathes wind and shivers. Its course is measured in days, and the measure is the person: three, five, or seven.

Shuowen

《說文解字》：勞，劇也，从力从熒省——用力甚也。**「勞」讀 láo，本篇三見**；「風」讀 fēng；「法」讀 fǎ；「在」讀 zài；「肺」讀 fèi；「下」讀 xià。「使」讀 shǐ；「人」讀 rén；**「強」讀 jiāng，本篇一見，項強也**；**「冥」讀 míng，本篇一見**；「視」讀 shì；「唾」讀 tuò；「出」讀 chū；「若」讀 ruò；「涕」讀 tì；**「惡」讀 wù，本篇一見**；「振」讀 zhèn；「寒」讀 hán；「此」讀 cǐ；「之」讀 zhī。**病位在「肺下」三字最要**：非肺中之常風，乃肺下之深處，故其證不在喘欬而在強上冥視、唾出若涕。**「強上冥視」四字，王注以為「謂項強而視不明」，與本篇下文「目下腫」之診目者，同是《素問》注重面目之例**。其治「以救俛仰」而不言刺法，與上節風厥之「表裏剌之」異——風厥在經，勞風在肺下，故治不同。