柴胡

Chinese

firewood barbarian; recklessly; surname
trad. (柴胡)
simp. #(柴胡)
alternative forms 茈胡
anagram 胡柴

Pronunciation


Noun

柴胡

  1. Bupleurum falcatum
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Bupleurum falcatum (herb used to reduce "heat" symptoms)

Derived terms

References

  • 柴胡 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
  • Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Jinmeiyō

Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Noun

(さい)() • (saiko

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of 三島柴胡 (mishima saiko, Bupleurum stenophyllum)
  2. plants of genus Bupleurum

Derived terms

  • 河原柴胡(かわらさいこ) (kawara saiko)
  • 鈴柴胡(すずさいこ) (suzu saiko)
  • 白山柴胡(はくさんさいこ) (hakusan saiko)
  • 蛍柴胡(ほたるさいこ) (hotaru saiko)
  • 三島柴胡(みしまさいこ) (mishima saiko)