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理氣藥

理氣藥

See also: 理气药

Chinese

		to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (理氣藥)		理	氣	藥
simp. (理气药)		理	气	药

Noun

理氣藥

"Qi-activating" materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine. This term refers to herbs and other medicinal substances that are used to activate or regulate the "qi" or energy in the body.

Synonyms

行氣藥／行气药 (xíngqì yào)

See also

藥材／药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

理气药 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Ou, Ming; Li Yanwen (1994) The Traditional Chinese Drug and Its Usage, Hai Feng Publishing Co., ISBN 9622381995
Yoshifumi Irie, Wing Ming Keung, "Rhizoma acori graminei and its active principles protect PC-12 cells from the toxic effect of amyloid-β peptide", Brain Research, Volume 963, Issues 1-2, 14 February 2003, Pages 282-289.