bổ huyết
Definition
- Adjective:
- Blood-tonifying, hematopoietic: Refers to the property of a substance, typically in traditional medicine or food, that enriches, nourishes, or improves the quality and quantity of blood. It describes something that helps treat or prevent conditions like anemia or blood deficiency.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Củ sen là một loại thực phẩm bổ huyết. (Lotus root is a blood-tonifying food.)
- Bác sĩ đông y kê đơn một bài thuốc bổ huyết cho bệnh nhân. (The traditional medicine doctor prescribed a blood-tonifying herbal formula for the patient.)
Advanced Usage
"thuốc bổ huyết": blood-tonifying medicine/herb.
- Mẹ tôi thường uống thuốc bổ huyết vào mùa đông. (My mother often takes blood-tonifying herbs in the winter.)
"món ăn bổ huyết": blood-nourishing dish.
- Canh gà hầm thuốc bắc là một món ăn bổ huyết nổi tiếng. (Herbal chicken soup is a famous blood-nourishing dish.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bổ (verb/adjective): To supplement, to nourish, tonic. (e.g., - tonic medicine)
- Huyết (noun): Blood. (e.g., - blood circulation)
Synonyms
- Dưỡng huyết (verb phrase): To nourish the blood.
- Bổ máu (colloquial adjective): Literally "blood-supplementing"; a more common, everyday term with the same meaning as .
Related Phrases
- Thiếu máu (noun phrase): Anemia; the condition that substances aim to address.
- Khí huyết (noun phrase): Qi and blood; a fundamental concept in traditional medicine where is often paired with (tonifying qi).