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煎薬 (せんやく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

煎せん薬やく

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Meanings

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noun

decoction; infusion

Medical term for a liquid preparation made by boiling or steeping herbs or other substances. Used in traditional medicine and pharmacy.

漢かん方ぽうでは、生しょう薬やくを煎せんじて煎せん薬やくを作つくります。
In Kampo medicine, crude drugs are boiled to make a decoction.
この煎せん薬やくは1日にち3回かい、食しょく前ぜんに服ふく用ようしてください。
Please take this decoction three times a day before meals.

Kanji

煎broil, parch, roast
薬medicine, chemical, enamel

Similar words

湯とう薬やく
Also means a decoction or liquid medicine, but 煎薬 specifically emphasizes the process of boiling or steeping to extract active ingredients.
煎せんじ薬ぐすり
A more colloquial term for a decoction, often used in everyday contexts, while 煎薬 is more technical.

Etymology

Compound of 煎 (sen, 'to boil, decoct') and 薬 (yaku, 'medicine'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a medicinal decoction.