黄耆

Traditional form:

黃耆

Pinyin (reading):

huángqí

Definitions:

• milk vetch
• plant genus Astragalus
• huangqi 黃芪／黄芪, Astragalus membranaceus (used in TCM)

Characters:

• 黄 - yellow; surname
• 耆 - man of sixty; aged, old

Traditional characters:

• 黃 - yellow; surname
• 耆 - man of sixty; aged, old