shēng
yào

technical
noun

Meaning of 生药

生药 means crude drug; raw medicinal material; unprocessed natural medicine. Pronounced shēng yào.

  • crude drug; raw medicinal material; unprocessed natural medicine

Definitions & Examples

Gān
cǎo
huáng
dōu
shì
lín
chuáng
shàng
cháng
yòng
de
shēng
yào
 

Licorice and ephedra are both commonly used crude drugs in clinical practice.

Zhè
shēng
yào
yào
jīng
guò
yán
de
zhì
liàng
jiǎn
yàn
cái
néng
yào
 

This batch of raw medicinal materials must undergo strict quality inspection before being used as medicine.

Shēng
yào
xué
zhǔ
yào
yán
jiū
tiān
rán
yào
de
lái
yuán
 
xìng
zhuàng
jiàn
dìng
fāng
 

Pharmacognosy mainly studies the sources, properties, and identification methods of natural medicines.

Chú
le
zhí
xìng
shēng
yào
 
mǒu
xiē
dòng
zhì
pǐn
niú
huáng
shǔ
shēng
yào
fàn
chóu
 

In addition to botanical crude drugs, certain animal products such as bezoar also fall under the category of raw medicinal materials.

Measure Words

/ zhǒng
Primary
/ wèi
/
/ lèi