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經方

經方

See also: 经方

Chinese

		classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	square; quadrilateral; direction square; quadrilateral; direction; just
trad. (經方)		經	方
simp. (经方)		经	方

Noun

經方

Chinese classic medicinal prescriptions or preparations that have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for hundreds or thousands of years. Prescriptions consist of formulas of medicinal materials (藥材／药材 (yàocái)) such as herbs, minerals or other materials.

See also

藥／药 (yào, “medicine”)
中醫／中医 (zhōngyī, “traditional Chinese medicone”)
方劑學／方剂学 (fāngjìxué)

References

經方 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Zuo, Yanfu; Zhu Zhongbao, Huang Yuezhong, Tao Jinweng, Li Zhaoguo (2002) Science of Prescriptions, Shanghai, China: Publishing House of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, ISBN 7810106503
State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005) Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I), Chemical Industry Press, ISBN 7117069821