怎么和老外說"我上火了"？總不能說I'm on fire吧！

不知道你們那兒的冬天怎么樣

反正在北方有暖氣的屋子里

沒有加濕器

真的口干舌燥

一不小心就又上火起大泡了

只好多灌自己幾天水

但“上火”這個(gè)概念對(duì)老外來講真的摸不著頭腦

你直接說成I m on fire？

怕不是老外直接拿著滅火器就來了

那么究竟怎么才能準(zhǔn)確表達(dá)“上火”呢？

英語中有這樣一個(gè)詞

heatiness

n. a characteristic of certain foods or stimulants said to cause emotional or physical reactions associated with temper, fever, passion, excess, or true heat.

一種食物或刺激物的特性，據(jù)說能引起情緒或身體上的反應(yīng)，與脾氣、發(fā)燒、情緒、過量或熱有關(guān)。

From Chinese culture and medicine.

源自中醫(yī)

它的形容詞形式是heaty

You're heaty.

就是

你火大（上火）。

去火=

remove heatiness

reduce heatiness

這個(gè)詞其實(shí)算是專門針對(duì)中醫(yī)的詞

在此基礎(chǔ)上我們還可以對(duì)老外解釋一下這個(gè)中醫(yī)概念

"Shanghuo（heatiness）" is a unique concept in traditional Chinese medicine.

“上火”是傳統(tǒng)中醫(yī)中一個(gè)特有的概念。

Traditional Chinese medicine categorises food as 涼 lèung (“cooling”), 熱氣 yiht hei (“warming”) and neutral – and practitioners use the nature of the foods to balance the body’s yin and yang.

傳統(tǒng)中醫(yī)把食物分為涼性，熱性和中性——醫(yī)生們則用這些食物的特性以平衡人體的陰陽。

TCM describes heaty foods as having the ability to warm and improve circulation, dispel cold and stimulate the body. When these foods are taken in excess, （yang is greater than yin, your body will generate too much heat）heatiness is caused, resulting in symptoms such as fever, sore throat, mouth ulcers, acne, excessive thirst, redness of the skin and irritability.

中醫(yī)認(rèn)為，熱性食物具有保暖、促進(jìn)血液循環(huán)、驅(qū)寒和激發(fā)身體的功能。當(dāng)這些食物攝入過量（體內(nèi)的陽壓過陰時(shí)，你的身體會(huì)產(chǎn)生過多的熱氣），會(huì)導(dǎo)致“上火”的現(xiàn)象，引發(fā)發(fā)燒、喉嚨痛、口腔潰瘍、痤瘡、極度口渴、皮膚發(fā)紅和易怒等癥狀。

? 那么有哪些食物是涼性和熱性的呢？

Heaty foods include red meat, baked and deep fried foods, durian, chocolate, as well as spicy dishes like curry.

熱性食物包括紅肉、烘烤和油炸食品、榴蓮、巧克力，以及像咖喱這樣的辛辣食物。

Cooling foods include green tea, salads, mangosteens and watermelons typically low in calories, subjected to little or no heat in cooking, with a soothing or refreshing taste.

涼性食物包括綠茶、沙拉、山竹果和西瓜，這些食物通?？防锖康停腼儠r(shí)很少或不加熱，但有一種舒緩或提神的味道。

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