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There is no use of echinacea in China. It doesn't grow there, and is

not listed in the zhong yao da ci dian.

 

 

On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 06:01 PM, shoushou68 wrote:

 

> Anyone out there know the Chinese name (preferably the characters and

> not just pinyin) for this herb?  Thanks

>

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Z'ev,

 

Are you sure about that? Since there's no english index in the Zhong

Yao Da Ci Dian how can you be sure unless you've gone over every herb

in the entire book? Not that I don't believe you, but just wondering

how you can be so sure. Thanks!

 

Wang Huiyu

 

 

 

, " " <zrosenbe@s...>

wrote:

> There is no use of echinacea in China. It doesn't grow there, and

is

> not listed in the zhong yao da ci dian.

>

>

> On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 06:01 PM, shoushou68 wrote:

>

> > Anyone out there know the Chinese name (preferably the characters

and

> > not just pinyin) for this herb?  Thanks

>

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zrosenbe@s...> wrote:

> There is no use of echinacea in China. It doesn't grow there,

and is

> not listed in the zhong yao da ci dian.

 

I have a chinese supplier of high concentration extracts that also

extracts a variety of western herbs, including echinacea. they list

the pinyin as zi zhui hua, which I suspect is the chinese for

purple coneflower, the common name for echinacea in some

parts of the US. Whether this is standard rendering is unclear.

However, since chinese names are the equivalent of western

common names, it is certainly logical. for analogy, consider

hong hua (red flower) or jin yin hua (gold-silver flower).

goldenseal is called bei mei huang lian. any guess on what the

bei mei means?

 

 

How do the chinese render the latin botanical names of plants in

their characters. Echinacea is an herb of worldwide interest and

I would be surprised if the chinese have not done some

research on it. Try medline.

 

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The zhong yao da ci dian does have a latin nominclature index in the

third volume, and it isn't there.

 

 

On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 06:27 PM, shoushou68 wrote:

 

> Z'ev,

>

> Are you sure about that?  Since there's no english index in the Zhong

> Yao Da Ci Dian how can you be sure unless you've gone over every herb

> in the entire book?  Not that I don't believe you, but just wondering

> how you can be so sure.  Thanks!

>

> Wang Huiyu

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Ah, I have a really old copy and didn't know that about the newer

edition. Thanks, Z'ev.

 

Huiyu

 

 

, " " <zrosenbe@s...>

wrote:

> The zhong yao da ci dian does have a latin nominclature index in the

> third volume, and it isn't there.

>

>

> On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 06:27 PM, shoushou68 wrote:

>

> > Z'ev,

> >

> > Are you sure about that?  Since there's no english index in the

Zhong

> > Yao Da Ci Dian how can you be sure unless you've gone over every

herb

> > in the entire book?  Not that I don't believe you, but just

wondering

> > how you can be so sure.  Thanks!

> >

> > Wang

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