Between Yam and Pueraria, which flower is used in traditional Chinese medicine?
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Yam (vegetable) Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus "Dioscorea" (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers. Yams are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in many temperate and subtropical world regions. The tubers themselves are also called "yams", having numerous cultivars.
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Pueraria Pueraria is a genus of 15–20 species of plants native to Asia. "Pueraria" flower is used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce reactions to alcohol consumption, and is undergoing scientific study for that use.
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Commelina communis Commelina communis, commonly known as the Asiatic dayflower, is an herbaceous annual plant in the dayflower family. It gets its name because the blooms last for only one day. It is native throughout much of East Asia and northern parts of Southeast Asia. In China, the plant is k nown as yazhicao (), roughly translating to "duckfoot herb", while in Japan it is known as tsuyukusa (露草 , tsuyukusa ) , meaning "dew herb". It has also been introduced to parts of central and southeastern Europe and much of eastern North America, where it has spread to become a noxious weed. It is common in disturbed sites and in moist soil. The flowers emerge from summer through fall and are distinctive with two relatively large blue petals and one very reduced white petal.
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Traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM; ) is a style of traditional medicine built on a foundation of more than 2,500 years of Chinese medical practice that includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy, but recently also influenced by modern Western medicine. TCM is widely used in China (where it has long been the standard system of medicine), and is becoming increasingly available in Europe and North America (where it is primarily used as complementary alternative medicine approach).
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Pulicaria Pulicaria is a genus of flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. In North America "Pulicaria" is known by the common name false fleabane.
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Dioscorea zingiberensis Dioscorea zingiberensis, is a species of yam, a tuberous root vegetable. It has been cultivated in China for the production of diosgenin, an important pharmaceutical intermediate for the synthesis of steroid hormones.
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University of Traditional Medicine, Mandalay The University of Traditional Medicine, Mandalay (UTM), in Aungmyethazan, Mandalay, is a public university of Burmese traditional medicine. The Ministry of Health administered university offers a five-year Bachelor of Myanmar Traditional Medicine degree program and accepts about 100 students a year.
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Kudzu Kudzu ( , also called Japanese arrowroot) is a group of plants in the genus "Pueraria", in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. They are climbing, coiling, and trailing perennial vines native to much of eastern Asia, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands. The name is derived from the Japanese name for the plants, kuzu (クズ or 葛) , which was written "kudzu" in historical romanizations. Where these plants are naturalized, they can be invasive and are considered noxious weeds. The plant climbs over trees or shrubs and grows so rapidly that it kills them by heavy shading. The plant is edible, but often sprayed with herbicides.
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Angelica sinensis Angelica sinensis, commonly known as dong quai or "female ginseng" is a herb from the family Apiaceae, indigenous to China. "Angelica sinensis" grows in cool high altitude mountains in China, Japan, and Korea. The yellowish brown root of the plant is harvested in fall and is a well-known Chinese medicine used over thousands of years.
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List of medicinal plants of the American West Many plants that grow in the American West have use in traditional and herbal medicine.
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Pueraria montana Pueraria montana is a species of plant in the botanical family Fabaceae. At least three sub-species (alternatively called varieties) are known. It is closely related to other species in the genus "Pueraria" ("P. edulis" and "P. phaseoloides") and the common name kudzu is used for all of these species and hybrids between them. The morphological differences between them are subtle, they can breed with each other, and it appears that introduced kudzu populations in the United States have ancestry from more than one of the species.
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Pueraria mirifica Pueraria mirifica, also known as กวาวเครือ Kwao Krua (among other names), is a plant found in northern and north eastern Thailand and Myanmar.
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Parahancornia fasciculata Parahancornia fasciculata is a flowering plant native to rainforest in South America. The latex from the tree is used in traditional medicine.
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Tripterygium Tripterygium is a genus of plants in the Celastraceae family."T. wilfordii;" (Chin. 雷公藤) pinyin: "lei gong teng", sometimes called "Thunder God Vine," is used in Traditional Chinese medicine.
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Beaufortia purpurea Beaufortia purpurea, commonly known as purple beaufortia, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear to egg-shaped leaves and purplish-red flowers in dense heads on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering.
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Callicarpa shikokiana Callicarpa shikokiana, commonly called Shikoku beautyberry or China beautyberry, is a plant species in the Lamiaceae and is native to China. It is a shrub with pink flowers in summer and purple fruit in the fall. The berry-like fruit is a drupe. It is cultivated in home gardens and national parks as an ornamental plant. The leaves turn yellow in the fall.
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Pearl powder Pearl powder () is a preparation of crushed pearls used in China and elsewhere for skin care and in traditional Chinese medicine.
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Myoga Myoga, myoga ginger or Japanese ginger (myōga (茗荷 ) ) is the species Zingiber mioga in the Zingiberaceae family. It is a deciduous herbaceous perennial native to Japan, China, and the southern part of Korea. Only its edible flower buds and flavorful shoots are used in cooking. The flower buds are finely shredded and used in Japanese cuisine as a garnish for "miso" soup, "sunomono", and dishes such as roasted eggplant. In Korean cuisine, the flower buds are skewered alternately with pieces of meat and then are pan-fried.
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Chinese knotweed Chinese knotweed is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
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Dioscorea esculenta Dioscorea esculenta, commonly known as the lesser yam, is a yam species, but with a smaller corm than most other yams. It is closer in size to a potato or sweet potato. In Vietnam, it is called "khoai từ" or "củ từ". It is used to make chè củ từ, also referred to as chè khoai từ. In Tagalog, it is known as "tugi". It is cultivated in Kerala, Goa, Konkan parts of maharashtra India. In Malayalam, it is known as "Nana Kizhangu" or Cheruvalli Kizhangu" or Cheru Kizhangu". In Goa in konkani it is called khat khondghi, It is a climber which needs support and goes coiling around the support. The corm is edible.
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Ya ba Ya ba (also yaba, yaa baa, ya baa or yah bah; Thai: ยาบ้า , literally "mad drug"; Burmese: ယာမ ), formerly known as ya ma (Thai: ยาม้า ; literally "horse drug"), are tablets containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine.
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Kostermansia Kostermansia malayana, commonly known as the durian tuang or krepal, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.