萆薢

Chinese

		castor seed	woody climbing plant
simp. and trad. (萆薢)		萆	薢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìxie

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bìxie
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih.shie
  - IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ¹/

Noun

萆薢

rhizome of the Dioscorea septemloba (A rhizome used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduces inflammation and to treat arthritis.)

References

萆薢 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

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