痰

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phlegm

On-Yomi: タン

Koohii stories:

1) [mantixen] 15-2-2007(32): When your sickness involves inflammation, you will produce phlegm (perhaps inphlegmation?).

2) [astridtops] 13-3-2007(17): If I'm sick, and have an inflammation of my lungs, I cough up a lot of phlegm.

3) [abaddon] 24-5-2008(7): Caveman, inflammation: Caveman had a very effective cure for inflammations. He just smeared a phlegm over the inflamed skin, bringing instant relieve.

4) [Meconium] 17-2-2010(4): After abaddon's excellent story: When the caveman suffered a bad burn from playing with fire, his skin would get very inflamed. His solution was to smear phlegm all over himself - this cured him of the burning sensation of the inflammation.

5) [kapalama] 24-11-2010(2): 喀痰 , 血痰 , 痰壷 , 痰 phlegm (#2573 痰) タン (cf 炎 ) … Parts: 疒, 炎 inflammation (#162 炎) … Story: The most disgusting firemen in the world: When they are healthy, they can't come into work. But when they are Sick Inflamed and full of Phlegm, they come in and spit Phlegm on double fires as a low tech fire fighting foam.

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