六ろく淫いん

noun

six excesses; six external pathogenic factors

In traditional Chinese medicine, the six environmental causes of disease: wind, cold, fire/heat, dampness, dryness, and summer heat. A technical term used in Kampo and related contexts.

• 漢かん方ぽうでは、六ろく淫いんが病びょう気きの外がい的てきな原げん因いんと考かんがえられている。

  In Kampo medicine, the six excesses are considered external causes of illness.