Guest guest Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 Thanks for your input. I looked for Zi Zhui Hua in the Zhong Yao Da Ci Dian but it's not there. Maybe Z'ev is right about Echinacea not being in there, not that I doubted his word, but I was/am curious how he can be sure. As for how Chinese render Latin botanical names, there's no direct translation from Latin that I know of, but most Chinese herb books include Latin names for the herbs. Chinese has a species classification system as well, which is also in the herb books. Huiyu , " " <@i...> wrote: > , " " < > 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. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 , " shoushou68 " <shanren@c...> wrote: > > > Thanks for your input. I looked for Zi Zhui Hua in the Zhong Yao Da > Ci Dian but it's not there. the ZYDCD was published in 1977. it is not surprising that it does not include anything on echinacea. chinese interest in this herb would have probably begun after this time, after they began to have more communication with the west. In fact, it is probably economic interests that spurred chinese interest in this herb. In which case, most work would have been done in the past 10-15 years of capitalism in china. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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