藥材
Mandarin
| simpl. | 药材 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 藥材 | |
Noun
藥材 (traditional, Pinyin yàocái, simplified 药材)
- Medicinal materials or materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine. This includes herbs, minerals and other materials that are not plant-based. Most medicinal materials are dried herbs. Some medicinal materials have been "prepared" in a number of ways, including being fried in honey, salt, alcohol or vinegar. Other common methods of "preparation" include calcination, carbonization, and fermentation.
- Any materials used to make medicine.
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References
药材 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia:药材- 1994, Ming Ou; Li Yanwen, The Traditional Chinese Drug and Its Usage, Hai Feng Publishing Co., ISBN 9622381995:
- 2005, State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC, Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I), Chemical Industry Press, ISBN 7117069821:
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