Original meaning of Jie（ 结） is conclusion

meaning that using the tie and rope to record. The expand meaning is covenant

contract etc. In ancient medicine

it means condensed

unsmooth

etc.

and appeared as a name of pulse

syndrome. The medical connotation of Jie has been improved and developed since Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases（ 《伤寒杂病论》）. This paper studied the medical meaning of Jie based on ancient classics

and found that the connotation of the Jie covers anatomical site

disease name

symptoms

pulse and pathogenesis

and it also refers to syndrome name and pathogenesis with combination in modern medicine. The author thought that the pathogenesis of Jie is important and unique sit is a combination of pathogenic qi including cold

heat

etc. and visible factors including blood

water

phlegm

food and stasis.