địa cốt bì
Definition
- Noun:
- Lycium root bark / Chinese wolfberry root bark: The dried root bark of the plant Lycium chinense or Lycium barbarum, used in traditional East Asian medicine.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Địa cốt bì thường được dùng trong các bài thuốc thanh nhiệt. (Lycium root bark is often used in heat-clearing herbal formulas.)
- Vị thuốc này bao gồm địa cốt bì và cam thảo. (This medicinal preparation includes lycium root bark and licorice.)
Advanced Usage
- In traditional medicine pharmacology, "địa cốt bì" is categorized as a herb that clears heat from the lungs and cools the blood.
- Địa cốt bì có tác dụng trị ho do phế nhiệt. (Lycium root bark is effective for treating cough due to lung heat.)
Variants and Related Words
- Câu kỷ tử (n): Wolfberry fruit / Goji berry. This is the fruit from the same plant.
- Câu kỷ tử và địa cốt bì lấy từ cùng một loại cây. (Goji berries and lycium root bark come from the same plant.)
Synonyms
- Cortex Lycii Radicis: The formal Latin pharmaceutical name.
- Wolfberry root bark: A direct descriptive translation.
Notes on Usage
- "Địa cốt bì" is a specialized term used almost exclusively in the context of traditional Vietnamese medicine (Thuốc Nam, Thuốc Bắc) and herbal pharmacology. It is not used in everyday conversation.
- The term is a compound Sino-Vietnamese word: "địa" (earth), "cốt" (bone), "bì" (skin/bark), descriptively referring to the root bark.