天麻

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
simp. and trad. (天麻)		天	麻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānmá

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄇㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ maa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānmá
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄇㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianma
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ma̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ maa⁴
  - Yale: tīn màh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ maa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ma⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ maː²¹/

Noun

天麻

Rhizome of the Gastrodia elata (a herb in traditional Chinese medicine to treat depression, epilepsy and migraine.)

See also

平肝药 ("liver-calming" medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
药材 (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

天麻 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
http://www.trade.gov.bt/administration/mktbriefs/10.pdf
http://www.koreantk.com/en/m_sta/med_stat_search.jsp?searchGbn=statis
http://www1.dict.li/ and http://www.nciku.com/

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