醋蛾

Chinese

		vinegar	moth
trad. (醋蛾)		醋	蛾
simp. #(醋蛾)		醋	蛾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cù'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ ㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cù'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cù-é
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴-o²
    • Yale: tsù-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuher
    • Palladius: цуэ (cue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/

Noun

醋蛾

1. mother of vinegar
   • Ming dynasty, 龔廷賢, “翻胃”, in 萬病回春, 1615 (萬曆乙卯春月) reprint edition, volume 3:

     治噎食效方：用醋蛾晒乾為末，每服一錢，用酒空心下即愈，永不再𤼵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     治噎食效方：用醋蛾晒干为末，每服一钱，用酒空心下即愈，永不再发。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Zhì yēshí xiào fāng: Yòng cù'é shài gān wéi mò, měi fù yī qián, yòng jiǔ kōng xīn xià jí yù, yǒng bù zài fā. [Pinyin]

     Effective prescription of treating yeshi (dysphagia due to esophageal stricture): Use mother of vinegar, sundry it into powder, one mace per dose, consume it with alcoholic drink on an empty stomach, and the illness then gets healed and never reoccur.

Synonyms

• 醋蛾子, 醋母