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安神藥

安神藥

See also: 安神药

Chinese

to soothe the nerves medicine; drug; cure
trad. (安神藥) 安神
simp. (安神药) 安神

Noun

安神藥

  1. a sedative; a tranquilizer

Usage notes

This term can also refer to materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine that are used to "calm the spirit/mind".

Hyponyms

See also

  • 藥材 (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

  • Ou Ming and Li Yanwen, "The Traditional Chinese Drug and Its Usage". Hai Feng Publishing Co. (1994) ISBN 962-238-199-5.
  • Alberto Estrada, Georgios S. Katselis, Bernard Laarveld, Branka Barl, "Isolation and evaluation of immunological adjuvant activities of saponins from Polygala senega L.", Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2000, Pages 27-43.
  • Junping Kou, Minda Si, Guofei Dai, Yuwen Lin, Danni Zhu, "Antiinflammatory activity of Polygala japonica extract", Fitoterapia, Volume 77, Issue 6, September 2006, Pages 411-415
  • H. Wang, J. Gao, J. Kou, D. Zhu, B. Yu, "Anti-inflammatory activities of triterpenoid saponins from Polygala japonica", Phytomedicine, Volume 15, Issue 5, 15 May 2008, Pages 321-326.