二冬膏

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 二冬膏. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 二冬膏, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 二冬膏 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 二冬膏 you have here. The definition of the word 二冬膏 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of二冬膏, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Chinese

		two	winter	ointment; paste
trad. (二冬膏)		二	冬	膏
simp. ^#(二冬膏)		二	冬	膏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrdōng gāo

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrdōng gāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrdong gao
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-tung¹ kao¹
  - Yale: èr-dūng gāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: elldong gau
  - Palladius: эрдун гао (erdun gao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

二冬膏

A brownish-yellow viscous semifluid concentrated herbal decoction used in traditional Chinese medicine to "nourish yin of the lung when there is dry cough with scanty expectoration, bloody sputum, dry nose and sore throat due to deficiency of lung-yin".

Erdong concentrated decoction is composed of the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Radix Asparagi	天冬	500
Radix Ophiopogonis	麦冬	500

References

State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. →ISBN.

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia