Sickle hare's ear
| 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 |
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Bupleurum falcatum L. |
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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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