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Bupleurum falcatum

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
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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).


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