谈《五十二病方》中的病名“白虒(?)”

An Investigation of the Disease Name Bai Si(vitiligo) in Recipes for Fifty-Two Ailments

文中讨论了马王堆汉墓帛书《五十二病方》中“白?”方的命名问题,从词源方面考证了“?”字本身就有成片或者底子之义,“白?”即指白色成片或者白色底子的皮肤病,它是“白癜风”名称的前身。

The name of Bai Si(vitiligo)is investigated in this paper.From a perspective of etymology,the Chinese character虒(Si)has a semantic meaning of“patch”or“unpigmented”.The term白虒(Bai Si)refers to a skin condition characterized by patches of white or unpigmented skin,which is the old name for Bai Dian Feng(vitiligo).