Dictionary of Chinese medicine

TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicines], DCM (Dictionary of Chinese Medicine), PARK (Photo ARKive] and zi4... 

DCM is a Cabinet server that provides encyclopedic information of Chinese medicines and medical conditions from the book, A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine [42], It has over 220 000 searchable fields in four different languages (English, traditional Chinese, Pinyin and Latin). DCM is a tool that includes Chinese and Western medical terminology and gives medication as well as acupuncture treatment descriptions. DCM is implemented for finding definitions without leaving the TCM database. Many medicinal sources are identified by pictures generated from PARK. 

Wiseman, N. and Ye, F. (DCM) A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine, 2nd edition. Paradigm Publications, Brookline MA, 1998. 

Anonymous. Dictionary of Chinese medicine, vol. 1. Shanghai China Jiansu Xing Medicine College, Shanghai Science and Technology Publisher 2005. p. 525. 

The scientific name of Chinese chives is Allium tuberosum Rottl. (Liliaceae). It is known as Jiucai in China and Nira in Japan. It is a perennial plant and both the leaves and the inflorescences are edible. It has also been used as an herbal medicine for many diseases. According to the dictionary of Chinese medicines, the leaves have been used for the treatment of abdominal pain, diarrhea, hematemesis, snakebite and asthma while the seeds are used as a tonic and aphrodisiac. In the present study, 39 compounds were isolated and identified from the ethanol extract of the seeds of Allium tuberosum. Among them, 23 are new compounds and include spirostanol saponins, furostanol saponins, cholesterol saponins and alkaloids. Their structures were identified by a combination of ESIMS, ID, and 2D-NMR (COSY, TOCSY, ROSEY, HMQC, and HMBC). The antitumor activities of some of these compounds will be discussed. 

Jiangsu College of New Medicine Dictionary of Chinese Traditional Medicine. People s Press, Shanghai, 1986 p 176. 

Jiangsu New Medical College (1986) Dictionary of Chinese Herb Medicine, p. 586. Shanghai Scientific and Technologic Press, Shanghai... 

In Chinese traditional medicinal books such as Shen Nong s Herbal compendium of Chinese Materia Medica and Dictionary of Chinese Materia... 

Jiangsu New Medical College, Dictionary of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Vol. 2. hanghai People s Publishing House, P. R. China, 1977, p.2348. 

A comprehensive Dictionary of the Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu... 

Jiangsu New Medical College(1979) The Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicines. 

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