药材

• ピンイン: yào cái
• 漢字の分解: 药 = 艹 (plant/herb) + 约 (to bind — constraining disease); 材 = 木 (wood/natural matter) + 才 (talent/capacity — natural material with useful properties)

意味

薬材（生薬の原料）

Refers to plant, animal, or mineral substances processed for use in traditional Chinese medicine. Encompasses roots, bark, flowers, seeds, and minerals. Commonly discussed in contexts of traditional medicine, market trade, and regional cultivation. Distinct from 药品 (finished pharmaceutical product).

例文

1. 云南地处高原，气候多样，盛产三七、天麻等名贵药材，每年吸引大量中医药企业前来采购。
2. 这家百年老字号的秘方以二十余种精选药材按严格比例配伍而成，历经几代传承至今仍沿用祖上留下的炮制工艺。
3. 由于过度采挖，部分野生珍稀药材的自然种群已濒临枯竭，国家已将其列入重点保护物种名录并严禁商业采集。

使い方ガイド

場面: traditional medicine, trade, agriculture, health

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 国家药监局要求各地规范药材市场，严查以次充好和虚标产地，保障中药饮片安全。(The National Medical Products Administration required localities to regulate the medicinal materials market and strictly investigate passing off inferior goods and falsely labeling origins, so as to safeguard the safety of Chinese herbal pieces.)
• 科研团队历时五年调查这片山区的野生药材，建成四百余种药用植物数据库。(After five years of surveying the wild medicinal materials in this mountainous area, the research team built a database of over four hundred medicinal plants.)

避ける言い方

• 这药材很好吃 — 药材 are medicinal ingredients, not food; even when edible herbs are used in cooking say 这道药膳味道不错 or 这味食材很鲜美; treating 药材 as a food item is an odd collocation

起源と歴史

药 (medicine — 艹 grass/plant + 约 bind/constrain; plant that constrains illness) + 材 (material — 木 wood + 才 talent; natural material with potential use)

文化的背景

時代: Classical/Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal