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Is Rabdosia angustifolia (Dunn) Hara a tea? Get to know this plant in one article

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Rabdosia angustifolia (Dunn) Hara is not a tea. It is a perennial delicate herb, with creeping roots at the base and small spherical tuberous roots. The stem is 15-100 cm tall, erect or ascending, four-angled, grooved, covered with short pubescence to almost long loose pubescence, usually with many leaves on the lower part. 1. Rabdosia angustifolia (Dunn) Hara

Rabdosia angustifolia (Dunn) Hara is not a tea. It is a perennial delicate herb, with creeping roots at the base and small spherical tuberous roots. The stem is 15—100 cm tall, erect or ascending, four-angled, grooved, covered with short pubescence to almost long loose pubescence, usually with many leaves on the lower part.

1. What other names does Rabdosia angustifolia (Dunn) Hara have?

Rabdosia angustifolia (Dunn) Hara is also called Shigeda (Zhenkang), Shachongye, Baixiancao (Tunchong), Shachongcao, Fenchongye (Yingjiang), Yesuma, Zhushiba (Sichuan), Xiongdan Cao, Fengxue Cao (Guangdong).

2. Distribution range

Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan in China. Also found in India, Sikkim, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam. The type specimen was collected from northern India.

3. Main value

The root or the whole plant is used as medicine, to treat acute icteric hepatitis, acute cholecystitis, and can also expel roundworms.

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