Cold-damp

1. Cold and dampness combining to create stagnation of yáng qì and inhibit the flow of blood, causing cold in the flesh and inhibited bending and stretching.

2. A disease pattern in which dampness encumbers the stomach and spleen and damages spleen yáng or in which water-rheum collects as a result of spleen-kidney yáng vacuity. It is characterized by cold limbs, abdominal distension, diarrhea, and in some cases water swelling.