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Medical English

1. It hurts.

好疼。

2. I got stung by a bee.

我被蜜蜂蜇了。

3.How can I help you?

请问您哪里不舒服？

Traditional Chinese medicine

If you treat wind-damp in such a way that you promote sweating only very slightly, to the point where the patient apprears about to sweat, wind and dampness will both leave.

若治风湿者，发其汗，但微微似欲出汗者，风湿俱去也。

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TCM helps fight COVID-19 in Europe

Updated Mar 19, 2020

About 20,000 boxes of the instant TCM mixture（the second batch）which has proved effective in combating COVID-19 in Wuhan, Hubei province, reached the Netherlands on Tuesday.

约20000盒速溶中药方剂(第二批)于周二抵达荷兰，该方剂在湖北武汉已被证明对新冠肺炎有效。

The first batch of the medicine in 750 boxes was exported to the

Netherlands and Italy on March 8, according to the Sichuan Neo-Green Pharmaceutical Technology Development Co in Sichuan province.

据四川新绿色医药技术开发有限公司介绍，首批750盒的药品已于3月8日出口荷兰和意大利。

The instant medicine, which includes TCM ingredients such as honeysuckle flower and Astragalus mongholicus, has been made by the company in line with a prescription from the Health Commission of Hubei province.

这种速溶药包括金银花、黄芪等中药成分，是该公司按照湖北省卫生厅的处方生产的。

Patients can take the instant medicine by simply mixing the granules in boiling water.

患者只需将颗粒剂在沸水中混合即可服用速溶药。

They would be sold in the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France and Spain, said Jacky Lin, CEO of the Zhong Hua International Trading BV in Utrecht, the Netherlands, who imported the medicine.

速溶中药进口商荷兰乌得勒支中华国际贸易有限公司的首席执行官林杰基说，这些药物将在荷兰、意大利、德国、法国和西班牙销售。

Source：China Daily

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1、sweating [ˈswetɪŋ] v.出汗;流汗;

2、dampness [ˈdæmpnəs] n.潮湿

3、effective [ɪˈfektɪv] adj. 有效的

4、Netherlands [ˈnɛðərləndz] n. 荷兰

5、export [ɪkˈspɔːrt , ˈekspɔːrt] v. 出口;输出

6、pharmaceutical [ˌfɑːrməˈsuːtɪkl] adj. 制药的；配药的

7、ingredient [ɪnˈɡriːdiənt] n. 成分

8、prescription [prɪˈskrɪpʃn] n. 处方;药方

9、granule [ˈɡrænjuːl] n. 颗粒状物

10、import [ˈɪmpɔːrt , ɪmˈpɔːrt] v. 进口;输入

11、instant TCM mixture 速溶中药方剂

12、honeysuckle flower 金银花

13、astragalus mongholicus 黄芪

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