Concept

Cold malaria

牝疟pin nue

1 source

In the Golden Cabinet (《金匮要略》) tradition, cold malaria (牝瘧) is a subtype of malaria (疟) described in the Essential Prescriptions (金匮要略, ch.4) — identified by predominant chills over fever. A historical disease-category for reference, not a diagnostic or treatment guide.

Source

Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet)《金匮要略·疟病脉证并治第四》条5（金匮要略2021【原文】定位入口）

References

金匮要略第四篇牝疟名曰界说句（条6），subtype of 疟，name_en 通行/Wiseman 译名不挂 WHO

Full definition

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

瘧多寒者，名曰牝瘧。

Citations

Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《金匮要略·疟病脉证并治第四》条5（金匮要略2021【原文】定位入口）Cited from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) for its definition.