Bupleurum falcatum
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Bupleurum falcatum, also known as sickle-leaved hare's-ear,[1] Chinese thoroughwax, sickle hare's ear and sickle-leaf hare's ear, is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family.[2]
It is endemic to Europe and Western Asia.[2]
Bupleurum falcatum has been used in Chinese medicine for over 2,000 years as a "liver tonic".[3]
Bupleurum falcatum has been found to possess antidepressant properties, mediated through the serotonergic & noradrenergic systems (although the precise mechanism remains to be found).[4]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network
- ↑ Bupleurum (Bupleurum chinenseL., Bupleurum falcatum)
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