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水蛭
水蛭
Chinese
| water; river | fluke; leech; hirudinea | ||
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simp. and trad. (水蛭) |
水 | 蛭 | |
Noun
水蛭
- Hirudo medicinalis (a species of leech used in traditional Chinese medicine to remove blood stasis and improve circulation)
See also
References
-
水蛭 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
- Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. ISBN 7-5357-1656-3.
- 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/