海玉竹

Chinese

		ocean; sea	Polygonatum odoratum
simp. and trad. (海玉竹)		海	玉竹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎiyùzhú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄩˋ ㄓㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎiyùzhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄩˋ ㄓㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeyiwjwu
  - IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

Noun

海玉竹

root of the Polygonatum macropodium. (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat yin deficiency.)

Synonyms

Related terms

补益药 (tonics in Chinese medicine)
药材 (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

海玉竹 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
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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