Chinese medicine is a product of the Chinese language.
Therefore, its systematic methodology is largely dependent on the proper use of the Chinese terms used to think within this system. In Chinese, Chinese medicine is very clear, logical, and precise. However, when these terms are rendered into English, inevitably some of that precision is lost. Many of the problems Western practitioners have doing Chinese medicine are the result of erroneous or technically misleading translations. Sedate comes from the Latin sedere which means to sit down or stay put.