铁苋菜

鐵莧菜

tiěxiàncài

noun

Meanings

1 copperleaf (Acalypha australis); Asian copperleaf, a medicinal herb

Characters

Examples

铁苋菜是常见的田间杂草。

Tiěxiàncài shì chángjiàn de tiánjiān zácǎo.

Asian copperleaf is a common weed in fields.

中医认为铁苋菜能清热止痢。

Zhōngyī rènwéi tiěxiàncài néng qīngrè zhǐlì.

Traditional Chinese medicine holds that Asian copperleaf can clear heat and stop dysentery.

Tips

culture

Used in TCM under the name 铁苋 or 海蚌含珠 ("clam holding a pearl," for its shell-shaped bracts cupping the seeds). Applied mainly for diarrhea, dysentery and bleeding.

Stroke Order

铁 tiě

苋 xiàn

菜 cài