日本医蛭

日本醫蛭

rìběnyīzhì

noun

Measure Word

一条日本医蛭 tiáo

Meanings

1 Japanese medicinal leech (Hirudo nipponia)

Characters

Examples

日本医蛭是中国传统医学中使用的水蛭品种。

Rìběn yīzhì shì Zhōngguó chuántǒng yīxué zhōng shǐyòng de shuǐzhì pǐnzhǒng.

The Japanese medicinal leech is the leech species used in Chinese traditional medicine.

研究人员在稻田里采集日本医蛭作为药用材料。

Yánjiū rényuán zài dàotián lǐ cǎijí Rìběn yīzhì zuòwéi yàoyòng cáiliào.

Researchers collected Japanese medicinal leeches in rice paddies as medicinal material.

Tips

culture

Dried 水蛭 (leech) has been listed in Chinese pharmacopoeia for millennia; 日本医蛭 is the main East Asian species used for making 水蛭 medicinal powder, prescribed for blood stasis.

Stroke Order

日 rì

本 běn

医 yī

蛭 zhì