略解“石淋”

Brief explanation of shi fin （urolithic stranguria）

“石淋”是指淋证见有小便涩痛，尿出砂石的病证，来自于早期的“石癃”。石淋病名最早见于《神农本草经》，至宋代又衍生出“砂淋”、“沙石淋”、“沙淋”等病名。并认为“沙”者细小而松散，说明病轻而易治；“石”者略大而致密，说明病重而难消。石淋之病并非仅见于大人，小儿亦可发病，其病因大致同于成人。另有“血沙淋”一名属妇科病，与石淋无关。

Shi lin （urolithic stranguria） is a kind of stranguria, manifested as pain occurred when pissing and sand-like in the urine, developed from the early concept of shi long. This name of disease was appeared firstly in Shen nong ben cao jing （Shennong＇s Classic of Materia Medica）, and then, the disease name of sha lin, sha shi lin and sha lin were derived from it by the Song Dynasty. It was said that the dis- ease with sha （sand-like） was easy to treat, and with shi （stone-like） was difficult to cure. This disease was also happened in the children, and the reasons were the same with ones of the adult. Furthermore, there was a name of disease, xue sha lin, which was a kind of woman disease and had nothing to do with shi lin.