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中医 Zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
中药 Zhōng yào traditional Chinese medicine / CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3]
单方 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution
中医学 Zhōng yī xué traditional Chinese medicine / TCM
陈皮 chén pí orange peel / tangerine peel / dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine
葛根 gé gēn tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine
苏木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 / (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
桃仁 táo rén peach kernel, used in Chinese medicine
熟地 shú dì cultivated land / in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa)
远志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
砂仁 shā rén Amomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine
拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
荆芥 jīng jiè schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
拔火罐 bá huǒ guàn suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气) / detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw
金针菜 jīn zhēn cài day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine
楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
苏州码子 Sū zhōu mǎ zi Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 / nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码[cao3 ma3]
罗汉果 luó hàn guǒ monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine
八珍汤 bā zhēn tāng eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
北京中医药大学 Běi jīng Zhōng yī yào Dà xué Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
四物汤 sì wù tāng four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
安徽中医学院 An1 huī Zhōng yī Xué yuàn Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
小花远志 xiǎo huā yuǎn zhì small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine
巴戟 bā jǐ morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine
广州中医葯大学 guǎng zhōu zhōng yī yào dà xué Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
怸 xī obscure variant of 悉[xi1] / Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝[niu2 xi1]
拔罐法 bá guàn fǎ fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
竹茹 zhú rú bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine
草码 cǎo mǎ the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 / nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
苏枋木 sū fāng mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine
广州中医药大学 Guǎng zhōu Zhōng yī yào Dà xué Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
雚菌 huán jūn a type of poisonous fungus that grows on reeds, used in Chinese medicine to help cure patients suffering from ascaris (parasitic worms)
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