方药 (fāng yào) — herbal formula; prescription (in Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Definition
方药 is the TCM term for an herbal formula — the specific prescription of combined herbs a doctor writes, not a single herb (中药) and not medicine in general (药).
noun
herbal formulaprescription (in Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 方药。Yī shēng gěi wǒ kāi le yí fù fāng yào.The doctor prescribed a herbal formula for me.
- 方药。Zhè zhǒng fāng yào duì zhì liáo ké sou hěn yǒu xiào.This herbal formula is very effective for treating coughs.
- 方药。Tā àn zhào fāng yào qù yào diàn zhuā le yào.He went to the pharmacy and got the medicine according to the prescription.
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