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苓: medicinal fungus

medicinal fungus; herb
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Readings

On
レイ・リョウ
Kun
みみなぐさ

Appears chiefly in Chinese-medicine herb names (茯苓, 猪苓) and in 苓北 (Kumamoto); read レイ or リョウ in compounds.

Key words

茯苓ぶくりょうporia (medicinal fungus)
猪苓ちょれいumbrella polypore (medicinal fungus)
土茯苓どぶくりょうsmilax root (herbal medicine)
苓北町れいほくまちReihoku (Kumamoto)

Example sentences

A fungus called bukuryo, which grows on pine roots, is used as an ingredient of herbal medicine.

Chorei is used in herbal medicine as a crude drug with a diuretic effect.

Reihoku in Kumamoto Prefecture is a town in Amakusa.

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