DRUG  藥

SUBSTANCE USED FOR CURING OR PREVENTING DISEASES.
MEDICINE
Hypernym
  • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
    • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
  • ILLNESSTYPICALLY TEMPORARY DEFECT of the BODY OR MIND of HUMANS OR of the BODY of ANIMALS.
    • PHYSICIANSPECIALIST OR OFFICIAL WORKING to CURE ILLNESSES.
      • MEDICINESCIENCE of HEALTH.
        Hyponym
        • PILL　NOT LIQUID MEDICINE.
          Old Chinese Criteria
          1. The general word for medicine is yào 藥, but originally this word referred specifically to herbal medicine.

          2. Yuē 葯 is a specific word for the leaves of the bái zhǐ 白芷 aromatic herb.

          3. Fāng 方 refers to a medical prescription.

          Modern Chinese Criteria
          藥

          藥草

          藥材

          中草藥

          藥品

          藥物

          藥

          藥味

          藥石

          中藥

          國藥

          丸

          丸藥

          藥丸

          丸劑

          散

          藥末

          藥粉

          藥面

          散劑

          rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

          • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.88

          • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

            MEDICINE

            medicamentum refers to a remedy with reference to its material substance, is it is prepared by the apothecary.

            medicina refers to a remedy with referenc3e to its healing virtues, as ordered by a physician.

            remedium refers to any remedy for evils other than illnesses as well as for illnesses.

          • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 246

            Unsterblichkeitskraut:

          • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 821

            Unsterblichkeitskraut:

          • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

            MEDICINA

          • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

            ARZEIMITTEL

            MEDIZIN

          Words

          藥  yào OC: k-lawɡ MC: ji̯ɐk 16 AttributionsWD

          The general word for medicine is yào 藥, but originally this word referred specifically to herbal medicine.

            Syntactic words
          • nmmedicine, medication; (dig for) medicinal roots, herbs or mushrooms
          • nmadNfigurativemedicinal; curativeCH
          葯  yuè OC: qplewɡ MC: ʔi̯ɐk 4 AttributionsWD

          Yuē 葯 is a specific word for the leaves of the bái zhǐ 白芷 aromatic herb.

            Word relations

            Syntactic words
          • nmangelica anomala, aromatic herb also used in medicine
          丸  wán OC: ɢoon MC: ɦʷɑn 3 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nccpill
          法藥  fǎ yào OC: pab k-lawɡ MC: pi̯ɐp ji̯ɐk 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: dharma-medicine (in Buddhist scriptures the Buddha-dharma is occasionally metaphorically described as 'medicine' since it saves people from suffering; see for example Guàndǐng jīng 灌頂經, T.21: 532c21-23; the section in this scripture deals with the Buddha Yàoshī Liúlíguāng Rúlái 藥師琉璃光如來 who, at the time when he was practicing as Bodhisattva, made twelve vows. The term fǎ-yào appears in the seventh vow: 第七願者。[...]若有苦惱無救護者。我為此等攝大法藥。令諸疾病皆得除愈。無復苦患至得佛道.('The seventh vow: '[...] if there are any [beings] who are afflicted by suffering, not saved and protected, I will apply the great dharma-medicine for them and cause all sicknesses to be healed, so that they will not be suffering again until they attain the Way of the Buddha.')
          方  fāng OC: paŋ MC: pi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD

          Fāng 方 refers to a medical prescription.

            Word relations
          • Assoc: 藥/DRUG The general word for medicine is yào 藥, but originally this word referred specifically to herbal medicine.

            Syntactic words
          • nabtextprescription, medical recipe
          毒藥  dú yào OC: duuɡ k-lawɡ MC: duok ji̯ɐk 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPmbitter medicine
          湯藥  tāng yào OC: kh-laaŋ k-lawɡ MC: thɑŋ ji̯ɐk 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPmmedical potions
          散  sǎn MC: sanX OC: sqaanʔDS 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • nmpost-Nmedicalpowder consisting of NDS
          劑  jì OC: dziils MC: dzei 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • npost-Han?: dose of medicine

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