热毒

熱毒
rèdú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 heat toxin (TCM)
  2. 2 toxic heat

Examples

HSK 6
金银花可以清热解毒
Jīnyínhuā chá kěyǐ qīngrè jiědú.
Honeysuckle tea can clear heat and detoxify.
HSK 7-9
Zuǐlǐ zhǎng dòu shìyīnwèi tǐnèi yǒu rèdú.
Pimples inside the mouth are from heat toxins in the body.

Tips

culture
In TCM 热毒 is pathogenic heat that has festered into something stronger - think boils, sore throat, red rashes, ulcers. The standard prescription family is 清热解毒 (clear heat, resolve toxin): honeysuckle, forsythia, dandelion.

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