xūn zhēng

Traditional: 燻蒸

熏蒸 (xūn zhēng) is a Chinese word meaning “(of sultry weather) to be stifling; (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs; to fumigate”.

Meanings

  1. 1(of sultry weather) to be stifling
  2. 2(TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs
  3. 3to fumigate

Characters in 熏蒸

熏xūn · to smoke蒸zhēng · to evaporate

Related words

熏to smoke熏fragrance熏variant of 熏[xun1]熏肉bacon蒸发to evaporate蒸汽steam蒸to evaporate蒸馏to distill蒸蒸日上becoming more prosperous with each passing day蒸气vapor熏陶to seep in水蒸气vapor

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