traditional Chinese medicine; Chinese materia medica
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
ancient term for Chinese medicinal herbs/pharmaceuticals; Chinese materia medica
archaicA classical term, central to the study of Chinese herbal medicine. Named so because most traditional medicines are of plant origin (本 = root, 草 = herb/grass).
《
běn本
cǎo草
gāng纲
mù目
》
shì是
Míng明
dài代
Lǐ李
Shí时
zhēn珍
biān编
xiě写
de的
yī一
bù部
wěi伟
dà大
de的
yào药
xué学
zhù著
zuò作
。
The Compendium of Materia Medica is a great pharmaceutical work compiled by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhè这
ge个
fāng方
zi子
cān参
kǎo考
le了
duō多
bù部
běn本
cǎo草
gǔ古
jí籍
。
This prescription was formulated with reference to many ancient materia medica texts.
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Zhè这
běn本
yī医
shū书
zhǔ主
yào要
jiǎng讲
de的
shì是
běn本
cǎo草
zhī知
shi识
。
This medical book primarily deals with knowledge of herbal medicine.