







外感内伤 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “(In traditional Chinese medicine) an illness caused by both external pathogenic factors (like cold or wind) and internal accumulation or imbalance; (figuratively) suffering from both internal distress and external pressures or difficulties”. Literally, “External sensation and internal injury”.

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Open the tool →外感内伤 (wài gǎn nèi shāng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “(In traditional Chinese medicine) an illness caused by both external pathogenic factors (like cold or wind) and internal accumulation or imbalance; (figuratively) suffering from both internal distress and external pressures or difficulties”.
外感内伤 is pronounced wài gǎn nèi shāng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 外感内伤 means “External sensation and internal injury”. It is used to mean “(In traditional Chinese medicine) an illness caused by both external pathogenic factors (like cold or wind) and internal accumulation or imbalance; (figuratively) suffering from both internal distress and external pressures or difficulties”.
①中医指外感风邪,内有郁积而致病。②比喻内外煎迫。