The erxian (二弦, lit. "two string"} is a Chinese [[Bow (music}|bowed]] string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. It has two strings and is used primarily in Cantonese music. In the 1920s, following the development of the gaohu, the erxian experienced a decline and since the late 20th century has been little used. A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... Huqin are a family of instruments used in Chinese music. ... Cantonese music or Guangdong Music is a style of traditional Chinese instrumental music from Guangzhou and surrounding areas. ... The gaohu (高胡) is a Chinese bowed string instrument used in playing traditional Guangdong Cantonese music and operas. ...
Similar instruments also called erxian (constructed and played differently from the Cantonese erxian discussed above) are used in Chaozhou music and in nanguan music of Fujian province. Chaozhou (Chinese: 潮州 lit. ... Fujian (Chinese: ç¦å»º; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kià n) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. ...
Erxian Tang was designed as a treatment for hypertension in cases where there was a combination of kidney yang deficiency and deficiency fire of the kidney; two seemingly contradictory conditions.
Its main objectives are to calm wind (with gastrodia, uncaria, and haliotis), clear heat (with gardenia and scute), and nourish the kidney (with eucommia, loranthus, polygonum stem, leonurus, and hoelen).
The author of the Erxian Tang formula (who is not identified in the literature), combined the primary therapy for yin deficiency fire (anemarrhena and phellodendron) with yang tonics (epimedium, morinda, and curculigo) to produce a unique therapy for hypertension.
The erxian (二弦, literally "two string") is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments.
In the 1920s, following the development of the gaohu, the erxian experienced a decline and since the late 20th century has been little used.
Similar instruments also called erxian (constructed and played differently from the Cantonese erxian discussed above) are used in Chaozhou music and in the nanguan music of the Fujian province and Taiwan.
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