猴棗
See also: 猴枣
Chinese edit
monkey | jujube | ||
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trad. (猴棗) | 猴 | 棗 | |
simp. (猴枣) | 猴 | 枣 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
猴棗
- The bezoar, calculus, or gallstone of the monkey. (a highly-valued substance used in traditional Chinese medicine to activate "qi" and to treat symptoms of stroke or coma.)
See also edit
References edit
- 猴棗/猴枣 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
- Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
- http://www.nciku.com/