仙灵脾

仙靈脾

xiānlíngpí

noun

Meanings

1 epimedium (TCM herb)
2 horny goat weed
3 alternative name for 淫羊藿

Characters

numinous; efficacious

Examples

仙灵脾是中医里常用的补肾药材。

Xiānlíngpí shì zhōngyī lǐ chángyòng de bǔshèn yàocái.

Epimedium is a commonly used kidney-tonifying herb in Chinese medicine.

这副药方里加了仙灵脾。

Zhè fù yàofāng lǐ jiā le xiānlíngpí.

This prescription includes epimedium.

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Specialist TCM / herbal medicine vocabulary. The everyday name for the same plant is 淫羊藿 (yínyánghuò) "licentious-sheep leaf"; 仙灵脾 is the more elegant pharmacy-label variant. Tang poet Liu Zongyuan wrote a poem titled 《种仙灵毗》.

Stroke Order

仙 xiān

灵 líng

脾 pí