升麻

Chinese

		to raise; to hoist; to promote to raise; to hoist; to promote; pint	(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
trad. (升麻)		升	麻
simp. #(升麻)		升	麻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngmá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄇㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngmá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄇㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengmá
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ma²
    • Yale: shēng-má
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengma
    • Palladius: шэнма (šɛnma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mä³⁵/

Noun

升麻

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) rhizome of Cimicifuga simplex or black cohosh (a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat symptoms of sore throat.)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
升	麻
しょう Grade: S	ま Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Noun

升(しょう)麻(ま) • (shōma) 

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) rhizomes of Cimicifuga simplex, used in medicine

Derived terms

• 晒菜升麻(さらしなしょうま) (sarashina shōma)
• 鳥足升麻(とりあししょうま) (toriashi shōma)
• 類葉升麻(るいようしょうま) (ruiyō shōma)