Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular/Medical

by Lim Hiong Seng

Lesson XX.
medical.

先生

Sin-seⁿ

A doctor.

醫

Ui

To cure.

病

Pēⁿ

To be ill; sickness.

人不好

Nâng m̄-móⁿ

Unwell.

抱病

Phùa-pēⁿ

To be very ill for a long period.

着力

Tíh-lát

To be very ill, almost dying.

醫袂好

Ui bõi-hó

Incurable.

醫難好

Ui oh-hó

難醫

Oh-ui

Difficult to cure.

畧好

Ióu-hó

-

Tsuáh

Better.

全愈

Tshuân-zú

Quite recovered.

斷氣

Tñg-khùi

To expire.

頭壳痛

Thâu-khak thiàⁿ

頭壳眩

Thâu-khak hîn

Headache.

人𤍠

Nâng zuáh

發燒

Huat-sie

Fever.

畏冷

Uì-chhìn

Ague.

發燒畏冷

Huat-sie ùi-chhìn

Fever and ague.

肚痛

Tóu-thiàⁿ

Stomachache.

抽痛

Thiu-thiàⁿ

Cramp.

嘔

Thôu

To vomit.

瀉屎

Làu-sái

肚瀉

Tóu làu

Diarrhoea.

放血

Pàng-àng

滯氣

Thì-khì

痢疾

Lĩ-chit

Dysentery.

肚澁

Tóu-siap

Costiveness.

着痧

Tiéh-sua

Colic.

損病

Sùn-pēⁿ

Consumption.

瘋痛

Huang-thiàⁿ

生瘋

Seⁿ-huang

Rheumatism.

傷風

Sieⁿ-huang

To catch cold when ill, or just after being ill.

寒着

Kûaⁿ--tiéh

To catch cold.

甘虫

Kam-thâng

Tape-worms.

甘癪

Kam-chek

Having tape-worms in the stomach.

喘

Tshuán

DIfficult respiration.

咬嗽

Ka-sàu

To cough.

呾話重句

Tàⁿ-uē têng-kù

大舌

Tūa-chíh

Stammering.

鮡

Thiôu

Pimples.

瘡

Tshng

Ulcers.

痔

Thĩ

Piles.

疥

Kòi

Itch.

癢

Chiẽⁿ

Itchy.

泡

Phã

A blister.

起泡

Phok-phã

To rise in blister.

腫

Chéng

Swelling.

不知人

M̄-tsai-nâng

Fainting.

眩

Hîn

Giddy.

眩船

Hîn-tsûn

Sea-sick.

齒痛

Khí-thiàⁿ

Toothache.

吐瀉

Thòu-sià

Cholera.

賢亞娘

Gâu-a-niêⁿ

出珠

Tshut-tsu

Small-pox.

食痘

Chiáh-tāu

出痘

Tshut-tāu

Chicken-pox.

種珠

Chèng-tsu

To vacinate.

食粥

Chiáh-mûeⁿ

Measles.

大頸奎

Tūn-ãm-kui

Goitre.

瘤

Liû

Tumour.

軟疕

Nńg-nîⁿ

痒癲

Kuàn-pien

Palsy.

顚

Sióu

Mad.

心神不定

Sim-sîn m̄-tiāⁿ

Insane.

愩

Kòng

Crazy.

輩

Bùi

-

Pùi

Prickly heat.

癬

Sién

Ringworm.

目痛

Mák--thiàⁿ

Sore-eyes.

近視

Kṳ̃n-sī

-

Kṳ̃n-tshṳ̀

Near-sighted.

睛盲

Chheⁿ-mêⁿ

Blind.

眼睛灰

Mák-chiu-hue

Dimness.

斜目

Siâ-mák-chióu

Squinting.

耳聾

Hĩⁿ--lâng

Deaf.

啞

É

Dumb.

缺嘴

Khih-tshùi

Hare-lip.

腰龜

Ie-ku

Humpback.

拐脚

Kuái-kha

Lame.

枋脚䥥

Páng-kha-liâm.

縻脚

Miⁿ-kha

Ulcerated leg.

生物

Seⁿ-muéh

To have a disease.

生㿗

Seⁿ-thûe

To have a boil.

濃

Lâng

Matter.

⿸疒尉

Uè

To infect.

傷痕

Sieⁿ-hûn

A scar.

痣

Kì

A wart.

侯蠅屎痣

Hôu-sîn-sái-kì

A mole.

破相

Phùa-sièⁿ

Deformed.

瘟疫

Un-chiàng

天時粗澁

Thiⁿ-sî tshou-siap

A plague.

平安

Phêng-an

Peace.

藥單

Iéh-tuaⁿ

藥方

Iéh-hng

A prescription.

藥

Iéh

Medicine.

藥丸

Iéh-íⁿ

Pills.

膏藥

Ko-iéh

Ointment, plaster.

藥粉

Iéh-hún

Powder, for taking.

藥末

Iéh-buáh

Powder,„ for„ applying.

寒藥

Kûaⁿ-iéh

Quinine.

紅藥

Âng-iéh

Pain-killer.

戒芬丸

Kói-hun-îⁿ

“Stop-opium” pills.

卑蔴油

Pi-mûaⁿ-iû

Castor oil.

食瀉

Chiáh-sià

To take an aperient.

瀉

Sià

To purge.

食死人

Chiáh-sí-nâng

Poison.

飯粒

Pn̄g-liáp

Poultice.

薄荷油

Pô-hò-iû

Peppermint.

毒

Ták

Poisonous, as snakes.

食凉

Chiáh-liâng

To take something cooling.

食補

Chiáh-póu

To take something very strenghtening as gin-seng, deer horn, &c.

有補

Ũ-póu

Nutritious.

貼

Tah

To apply, as a poultice, plaster &c.

抹

Buah

To apply, as iodine, oinment &c.

食藥

Chiáh-iéh

To take medicine.

解藥

Kói-iéh

To act as an antidote.

壹帖

Chék-thiap

A dose, (as of Chinese medicine.)

壹日食三餐

Chék-jít chiáh-saⁿ-tǹg

To be taken three times a day.

空心肚食

Khang-sim-tóu chiáh

To be taken when the stomach is empty.

未食先食

Būe-chiáh soiⁿ-chiáh

To be taken before meals.