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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
藥材
- (traditional Chinese medicine) traditional Chinese medicinal materials (materia medica; including herbs, minerals and other materials that are not plant-based)
- (traditional Chinese medicine) herbal preparation; Chinese patent medicine
Synonyms
- (medicinal materials): 中藥材／中药材 (zhōngyàocái)
- (herbal preparation): 中成藥／中成药 (zhōngchéngyào)
Hyponyms
hyponyms
- Tonics (補益藥)
- Superfices-syndrome relieving medicinal materials (解表藥)
- Heat-clearing medicinal materials (清熱藥)
- Cathartics (瀉下藥)
- Interior-warming medicinal materials (溫裡藥)
- Dampness-eliminating medicinal materials (利濕藥)
- Aromatic dampness-dispersing medicinal materials (芳香化濕藥)
- Qi-activating medicinal materials (行氣藥)
- Resuscitative medicinal materials (開竅藥)
- Wind-eliminating medicinal materials (祛風藥)
- Blood-circulation activating and blood-stasis removing medicinal materials (活血祛瘀藥)
- Hemostatics (止血藥)
- Expectorants, anti-tussives, and anti-asthmatics (化痰止咳平喘藥)
- Liver-calming medicinal materials (平肝藥)
- Sedatives (安神藥)
- Astringents (固澀藥)
- Digestants (消導藥)
- Antimalarial medicinal materials (抗瘧藥)
- Anthelmintics (驅蟲藥)
- Medicinal materials for external application (外用藥)
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