海玉竹

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

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

Noun

海玉竹

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

Synonyms

• 海竹
• 甜玉竹

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/