day 70wounds and healing

wounds and healing

Talk about cuts, scars, fractures and how they heal, about Western and Chinese treatments, and give a reason of caution with 为(了)……起见.

today’s words

• 创伤 chuāngshāng · wound, trauma
• 伤残 shāngcán · to be disabled by injury
• 伤痕 shānghén · scar
• 伤势 shāngshì · the seriousness of an injury
• 疤 bā · scar
• 流血 liúxuè · to bleed
• 鲜血 xiānxuè · (fresh) blood
• 骨折 gǔzhé · to fracture, break (a bone)
• 拐杖 guǎizhàng · crutch, walking stick
• 绷带 bēngdài · bandage
• 包扎 bāozā · to bandage, dress (a wound)
• 敷 fū · to apply (a compress, ointment)
• 愈合 yùhé · to heal (of a wound)
• 治愈 zhìyù · to cure
• 根治 gēnzhì · to cure completely, eradicate
• 疗法 liáofǎ · therapy, treatment method
• 疗效 liáoxiào · curative effect
• 副作用 fùzuòyòng · side effect
• 复发 fùfā · to recur, relapse
• 矫正 jiǎozhèng · to correct (posture, teeth, eyesight)
• 草药 cǎoyào · herbal medicine
• 药材 yàocái · medicinal materials, herbs
• 秘方 mìfāng · secret recipe, secret remedy
• 针灸 zhēnjiǔ · acupuncture and moxibustion
• 穴位 xuéwèi · acupuncture point
• 忌口 jìkǒu · to avoid certain foods (on a diet)
• 催眠 cuīmián · to hypnotise; make sleepy
• 口罩 kǒuzhào · face mask
• 防护 fánghù · to protect; protection

sentences

• 为了安全起见，打球前一定要做好防护。 · To be on the safe side, always protect yourself properly before a game.
• 为保险起见，我们还是去医院看看吧。 · Just to be sure, let’s go and get it checked at the hospital.
• 伤口已经愈合了，只留下一个小疤。 · The wound has healed, leaving only a small scar.
• 他腿骨折了，只能拄着拐杖走路。 · He’s broken his leg and can only walk on crutches.
• 这种疗法疗效好，副作用也小。 · This treatment works well and has few side effects.