Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-07-2019

Poor man's ginseng

Plant

Family

Bellflower family (Campanulaceae)

English

Poor man's ginseng, Bastard ginseng, Bellflower, Bonnet bellflower, Chinese codonopsis, Codonopsis, Dang shen, Dangshen bellflower, Danshen, False ginseng, Pilose asia-bell, Tanghsen, Tang-shen, Woodland bonnet bellflower

Latin

Codonopsis pilosula (Franchet) Nannfeldt

Plantparts

Roots, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Adaptogen, Adaptogenic, Aids digestion, Anorexia, Anorexy, Appetite stimulant, Appetizer, Appetizing, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, dispepsia, Dyspepsia, Eupeptic, Good for digestion, good for the stomach, Herbal tonic, improves appetite, improves digestion, inappetence, Increases the appetite, Indigestion, lack of appetite, loss of appetite, Poor appetite, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, Ptyalagogue, Ptysmagogue, Sialagogue, Sialogogue, Stimulant to increase appetite, stimulates digestion, stimulate the appetite, stomach atony, stomach debility, stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach tonic, Tonic, Warming digestive, weak stomach

Women's diseases

Aids milk flow in nursing mothers, Encourages breast milk, Ensures good milk supply, Galactagogue, Galactopoietic, increase milk sekretion in women, Lactagogue, Milk production stimulant, promotes the flow of milk, stimulate milk production, stimulate the flow of milk

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: Lung, TCM MERIDIAN: Spleen, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in China, Phytomedical use in Korea

Ingredients

 a-Curcumene, Alpha-Pinene, Beta-Curcumene, Beta-Pinene, borneol, Caprylic acid, choline, Docosane, Friedelin, fructose, Glycine, Hentriacontane, Heptadecane, Hexanoic acid, Icosane, inulin, Mannose, Menthyl acetate, Methionine, myristicin, Niacin, nicotine, N-Octadecane, Octadecane, Octanol, Palmitic acid, Pentadecane, phenol, Phenylalanine, Pyridine, Rhamnose, Ribose, Stearic acid, Stigmasterol, Taraxerol, tartaric acid, Vanillic acid, Xylose

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn2804

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