DRUG    藥

SUBSTANCE USED FOR CURING OR PREVENTING DISEASES.
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 ／
Hyponym
  • PILL　NOT LIQUID MEDICINE. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
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.
Hypernym
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • 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 (9 items)

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

    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 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nccpill
    法藥  fǎ yào OC: pab k-lawɡ MC: pi̯ɐp ji̯ɐk 2 Attributions
      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.')
    毒藥  dú yào OC: duuɡ k-lawɡ MC: duok ji̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmbitter medicine
    湯藥  tāng yào OC: kh-laaŋ k-lawɡ MC: thɑŋ ji̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmmedical potions
    散  sǎn MC: sanX OC: sqaanʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nmpost-Nmedicalpowder consisting of NDS
    方  fāng OC: paŋ MC: pi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution

    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
    劑  jì OC: dziils MC: dzei 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han?: dose of medicine