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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
豬苓
- Polyporus umbellatus (a medicinal mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat boils and tumors, and to "induce diuresis and excrete dampness")
See also
- 利湿药 (lìshīyào) ("dampness-eliminating" medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
- 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
References
豬苓 / 猪苓 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
- Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.