中华真地鳖

中華真地鱉
zhōnghuázhēndìbiē
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

Zhōnghuázhēndìbiē shì yī wèi chángyòng de huóxuè huàyū zhōngyào.
The Chinese ground beetle is a commonly used blood-activating TCM ingredient.
Xǔduō nónghù réngōng yǎngzhí zhōnghuázhēndìbiē.
Many rural households farm Chinese ground beetles.

Tips

culture
Called 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

zhōng
huá
zhēn
biē