cát căn
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Definition
- Noun:
- Kudzu: The dried root of the kudzu plant (Pueraria montana var. lobata), used in traditional medicine.
Usage
- Noun:
- Cát căn is primarily used in the context of traditional Vietnamese medicine (Đông y) and pharmacology (dược học).
- It refers specifically to the prepared medicinal root, not the living plant.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Bài thuốc này có vị cát căn. (This herbal remedy contains kudzu root.)
- Cát căn được dùng để giải nhiệt. (Kudzu root is used to reduce internal heat.)
Advanced Usage
- In formal or academic writing about traditional medicine, is the standard term.
- It is often listed among other herbal ingredients in prescriptions.
Variants and Related Words
- Sắn dây: This is the common Vietnamese name for the kudzu plant itself or its starch. specifically refers to the medicinal root product.
- Cân cát: An archaic or alternative term rarely used today.
Synonyms
- Kudzu root: The direct English translation in a medicinal context.
- Puerariae Radix: The Latin pharmaceutical name.
Notes on Different Meanings
- The word has a very specific meaning limited to the medicinal root. It does not have other common meanings in modern Vietnamese.
- Do not confuse it with (sand) or (root, as in square root). As a compound term, it is a single lexical unit.
- (dược) Kudzu