Bupleurum falcatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Bupleurum |
Species: | B. falcatum
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Binomial name | |
Bupleurum falcatum |
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 family Apiaceae. [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]