汉英常用中医药词汇12

摘要

＜正＞ 中药 Chinese drugs or Chinese traditional drugs,usually referring to those recorded in Chinese MateriaMedica草药 herbaldrugs or medicinal herbs,usually referring to those not recorded in Chinese Materia Medicaoronly used in folk medicine.A clear-cut differentiation between medicinal herbs in folk medicine and regulartraditional drugs is difficult to make and so they are usually called 中草药 or Chinese herbal drugs in combination.