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medicine noun—医 n (often used) 药 n (often used) Examples:lit. prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it—sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine—fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied the skin)—relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine)—in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa)—sudden death (in medicine, sporting competitions etc)—dizziness, nausea etc brought on as a side effect of drug treatment (Chinese medicine)—fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine—deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)—four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine—lit. give medicine to a dead horse (idiom); fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation—be taken dissolved in boiling water (of Chinese herbal medicine)—small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine—eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine—Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine—milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine—blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)—Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine—lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine—(in Chinese medicine) stasis (of blood or other fluids)—Armillariella tabescens (mushroom used in trad. Chinese medicine)—practice medicine or pharmacy help the people or public—tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata) used in Chinese medicine—occult blood (in medicine, fecal blood from internal bleeding)—one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine—sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii (formerly Momordica grosvenori, a gourd of the Curcubitaceae family), grown in Guangxi and used in Chinese medicine—Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)—Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London—delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc)—dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)—good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard swallow—unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)—classifier for mixture of prescribed Traditional Chinese Medicine—lit. food and medicine come from the same source [idiom.]— |