Bupleurum falcatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Bupleurum |
Species: | B. falcatum |
Binomial name | |
Bupleurum falcatum L. |
Bupleurum falcatum, also known as sickle-leaved hare's-ear,Chinese thoroughwax, sickle hare's ear and sickle-leaf hare's ear, is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family.
It is endemic to Europe and Western Asia.
Bupleurum falcatum has been used in Chinese medicine for over 2,000 years as a "liver tonic".
Bupleurum falcatum has been found to possess antidepressant properties, mediated through the serotonergic & noradrenergic systems (although the precise mechanism remains to be found).