Terapia del tè secondo la teoria delle costituzioni corporee della medicina tradizionale cinese

Abstract

Since ancient times, Chinese people have been pursuing health and wellness, and tea therapy is one of the best way to maintain them. Tea therapy aims to use tea as a substitute of Chinese medicine, to prevent the disease and stay in health. Tea is considered to be China's hometown, and many Chinese people will get a cup of tea every morning. There are many types of tea in China, and each type of tea has different properties. Which kind of tea is more suitable for which kind of body, this is the focus of this paper, and also the main direction and goal of this paper. This paper consists of four sections. The first section is a brief introduction to tea therapy. It briefly describes the history and development of tea therapy, the division and origin of nine constitutions proposed by Chinese medicine, and how tea therapy can be used as a preventative of disease. The last part of the first section will explain the selection of the original texts. The second section and the third section of the paper present the translation from Chinese to Italian of two practical books regarding tea therapy. These two tea therapy books have different focuses, which help readers to understand tea therapy from multiple perspectives. At the same time, translator hopes to bring more knowledge of Chinese medicine and tea therapy to Italian readers through the translation. The fourth section is the commentary on the above translation. From the macrostrategies to the microstrategies, the translation is analysed step by step. The commentary will not only explain the strategy adopted by the translator but also present the idea of traslatore, who insist on maintaining the characteristic of the Chinese culture, Chinese medicine and Chinese tea contained in the originale text.