粳米

Mandarin

Noun

粳米 (Pinyin: jīngmǐ)

1. Husked round-grained non-glutinous uncooked rice, or japonica rice. (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to moderate/reduce the "heat" in herbs such as ginseng.)

See also

• 药材 (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

• 粳米 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. ISBN: 7-5357-1656-3.
• http://www.trade.gov.bt/administration/mktbriefs/10.pdf
• http://www.koreantk.com/en/m_sta/med_stat_search.jsp?searchGbn=statis
• http://www1.dict.li/ and http://www.nciku.com/