中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine 心悸 xīn jì palpitation syn 唈 yì palpitation / short breathing 切诊 切診 qiè zhěn (TCM) pulse feeling and palpitation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[si4 zhen3] 清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) 中医 中醫 zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine syn 本草 běn cǎo a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica 熟地 shú dì cultivated land / in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa) syn 尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn 医学 醫學 yī xué medicine / medical science / study of medicine syn 药水 藥水 yào shuǐ medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion syn 内科 內科 nèi kē internal medicine / general medicine 西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine 成药 成藥 chéng yào patent medicine / medicine already made up 国际法医学和社会医学学会 國際法醫學和社會醫學學會 International Academy of Legal Medicine and Social Medicine 药食同源 藥食同源 yào shí tóng yuán lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine 特效药 特效藥 tè xiào yào effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine syn 国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn 华侨 華僑 huá qiáo overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui 峇峇娘惹 bā bā niáng rě Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese) 二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat 中药 中藥 zhōng yào traditional Chinese medicine / CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3] syn 心神 xīn shén mind / state of mind / attention / (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution syn 益智 yì zhì to grow the intellect / Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine) 解毒 jiě dú to detoxify / to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine) 气血 氣血 qì xuè qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine) 中草药 中草藥 zhōng cǎo yào Chinese herbal medicine syn 中成药 中成藥 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine) 活血 huó xuè to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine) 炮制 炮製 páo zhì to concoct / to invent / to fabricate / to produce / to process / processing and curing (Chinese medicine) syn 症结 癥結 zhēng jié hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations syn 中西医结合 中西醫結合 zhōng xī yī jié hé to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine 郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful) syn 四维 四維 sì wéi the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor / see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3] / the four directions / the four limbs (Chinese medicine) / four-dimensional 单方 單方 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution syn 黄连 黃連 huáng lián Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine 中医学 中醫學 zhōng yī xué traditional Chinese medicine / TCM syn 陈皮 陳皮 chén pí dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) 方剂 方劑 fāng jì prescription / recipe (Chinese medicine) syn 葛根 gé gēn tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine 放血 fàng xuè to let blood (Chinese medicine) / to bleed / to stab sb (slang) 苏木 蘇木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow) 降火 jiàng huǒ to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine) 津液 jīn yè bodily fluids (general term in Chinese medicine) syn 汤药 湯藥 tāng yào tisane / decoction (Chinese medicine) syn 桃仁 táo rén peach kernel, used in Chinese medicine 远志 遠志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine syn 脾虚 脾虛 pí xū depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine) 砂仁 shā rén Amomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine 牛膝 niú xī Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine) 拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) 荆芥 荊芥 jīng jiè schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine 火 huǒ fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 syn 金针菜 金針菜 jīn zhēn cài day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine syn 楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) 邪 xié demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal syn 芫 yuán lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine 臑 nào biceps (in Chinese medicine) / (arch.) forelimbs of livestock animal 苏州码子 蘇州碼子 sū zhōu mǎ zi Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码[cao3ma3] 传统医药 傳統醫藥 chuán tǒng yī yào Chinese traditional medicine 传统中国医药 傳統中國醫藥 chuán tǒng zhōng guó yī yào Chinese traditional medicine 罗汉果 羅漢果 luó hàn guǒ monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine 七方 qī fāng (Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方[da4 fang1], 小方[xiao3 fang1], 緩方|缓方[huan3 fang1], 急方[ji2 fang1], 奇方[ji1 fang1], 偶方[ou3 fang1] and 重方[chong2 fang1] or 複方|复方[fu4 fang1] 中成葯 中成藥 zhōng chéng yào prepared prescription (Chinese medicine) 亮菌 liàng jūn Armillariella tabescens (mushroom used in trad. Chinese medicine) 佩兰 佩蘭 pèi lán orchid / fragrant thoroughwort / (botany) Eupatorium fortunei / Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine) 八珍汤 八珍湯 bā zhēn tāng eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine 北京中医药大学 北京中醫藥大學 běi jīng zhōng yī yào dà xué Beijing University of Chinese Medicine 和胃力气 和胃力氣 hé wèi lì qì to harmonize the stomach and rectify qi 氣|气[qi4] (Chinese medicine) 四物汤 四物湯 sì wù tāng four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine 安徽中医学院 安徽中醫學院 ān huī zhōng yī xué yuàn Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine 宗筋 zōng jīn penis (Chinese medicine) 小花远志 小花遠志 xiǎo huā yuǎn zhì small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine 巴戟 bā jǐ morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine 广州中医葯大学 廣州中醫葯大學 guǎng zhōu zhōng yī yào dà xué Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine 怸 xī obscure variant of 悉[xi1] / Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝[niu2 xi1] 拔罐法 bá guàn fǎ fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) 痹证 痺證 bì zhèng localized pain disorder (in Chinese medicine) / arthralgia syndrome / bi disorder 瘰疬 瘰癧 luǒ lì scrofula (in Chinese medicine) syn 癃闭 癃閉 lóng bì illness having to do with obstruction of urine flow / (Chinese medicine) / retention of urine 瞑眩 míng xuàn dizziness, nausea etc brought on as a side effect of drug treatment (Chinese medicine) 砭灸术 砭灸術 biān jiǔ shù acupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine) 竹茹 zhú rú bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine syn 精气神 精氣神 jīng qì shén the three energies of Chinese medicine: 精[jing1], 氣|气[qi4], and 神[shen2] 经气聚集 經氣聚集 jīng qì jù jí meeting points of qi (in Chinese medicine) 脉象 脈象 mài xiàng condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine) 草码 草碼 cǎo mǎ the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine 苏枋木 蘇枋木 sū fāng mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine 逐水 zhú shuǐ to relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine) 关格 關格 guān gé blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine) 青囊 qīng náng medical practice (Chinese medicine) (old) 头风 頭風 tóu fēng headache (Chinese medicine) 广州中医药大学 廣州中醫藥大學 guǎng zhōu zhōng yī yào dà xué Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine 清火 qīng huǒ to clear internal heat (Chinese Medicine) 瘀滞 瘀滯 yū zhì (in Chinese medicine) stasis (of blood or other fluids) 黄檗 黃檗 huáng bò Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) / cork-tree bark (Chinese medicine) 