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Fear of cold
畏寒 〔畏寒〕 wèi hán
怕冷〔怕冷〕pà lěng
Any acute or chronic condition of intolerance of cold environments. It can include aversion to cold, an acute intolerance of cold experienced in colds and flu’, but in most modern texts, it usually refers to chronic intolerance of cold due to yáng vacuity, which often also manifests in cold limbs, which refers to extremities that feel cold to the touch, as in the combined expression fear of cold and cold limbs.