生脉饮

生脈飲
shēngmàiyǐn

A clear, yellowish-brown to pale reddish-brown liquid used in traditional Chinese medicine "to replenish qi, restore normal pulse, nourish yin and promote the production of body fluid in the treatment of deficiency of qi and yin marked by cardiac palpitation, shortness of breath, scarcely perceptible pulse and spontaneous sweating".

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 生 shēng
  1. to be born
  2. to give birth
  3. life
  4. to grow
  5. raw
  6. uncooked
  7. student
=2 脉 mài old variant of 脉 mài
=2 脉 mài
  1. arteries and veins
  2. vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
=2 脉 mò see 脉脉 mòmò
=2 脉 mài variant of 脉 mài
=3 饮 yǐn old variant of 饮 yǐn
=3 饮 yǐn to drink
=3 饮 yìn to give (animals) water to drink
=3 饮 lán
  1. (historical dictionaries only) to finish drinking
  2. (historical dictionaries only) to pour a round of alcoholic drink
  3. to finish drinking
  4. to pour a round of alcoholic drink