地竜(じりゅう)

じりゅう
noun
dried earthworm (traditional medicine)
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1. dried earthworm used in folk/herbal medicine
The dried, processed form of earthworm (蚯蚓(みみず)) used in traditional Chinese and Japanese herbal medicine, historically taken as a fever reducer and for other ailments.
地竜(じりゅう)は漢方薬(かんぽうやく)の一種(いっしゅ)だ。
Dried earthworm is a type of herbal medicine.
昔(むかし)は地竜(じりゅう)を熱冷(ねつさ)ましとして使(つか)っていた。
In the past, dried earthworm was used as a fever reducer.
地竜(じりゅう)は蚯蚓(みみず)を乾燥(かんそう)させて漢方薬(かんぽうやく)に加工(かこう)したものだ。
Dried earthworm is made by drying earthworms and processing them into herbal medicine.

地竜(じりゅう) (literally "earth dragon") is the traditional-medicine name for dried, processed earthworm.

Usage

  • Appears mainly in the context of 漢方薬(かんぽうやく) (Chinese/Japanese herbal medicine), historically prescribed as a fever reducer and anti-inflammatory.
  • Rarely used outside medical or historical contexts; the everyday word for the living creature is 蚯蚓(みみず) (earthworm).

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Added 2026.9.20 13:19 · Revised 2026.9.20 13:30
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