中华真地鳖

中華真地鱉

zhōnghuázhēndìbiē

noun

Meanings

1 Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis)
2 medicinal wingless cockroach used in TCM

Characters

soft-shell turtle; beetle (in this name)

Examples

中华真地鳖是一味常用的活血化瘀中药。

Zhōnghuázhēndìbiē shì yī wèi chángyòng de huóxuè huàyū zhōngyào.

The Chinese ground beetle is a commonly used blood-activating TCM ingredient.

许多农户人工养殖中华真地鳖。

Xǔduō nónghù réngōng yǎngzhí zhōnghuázhēndìbiē.

Many rural households farm Chinese ground beetles.

Tips

culture

Called 土鳖虫 in TCM pharmacies. Females are the medicinal part — they are wingless and oval, living under rotting wood. The dried insect enters the liver meridian and is used for traumatic injury and blood stasis.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

华 huá

真 zhēn

地 dì

鳖 biē