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Rosa chinensis (Chinese: 月季; pinyin: yuèjì), known commonly as the China rose, [2] Chinese rose, [3] or Bengal rose, [4] is a member of the genus Rosa native to Southwest China in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan Provinces.
Rosa 'Old Blush', also known as 'Parsons' Pink China', 'Old Blush China', 'Old China Monthly', is a China rose (known in Chinese as yue yue fen "monthly pink") and has been cultivated in China for over a thousand years. [1] It derives from Rosa chinensis, and is generally accepted as the first East Asian rose cultivar to reach Europe.
Homeopathic medicine is made of plants, minerals, or animal parts. [22] Oscillococcinum, a remedy purported to reduce cold and flu like symptoms, is made of duck heart and liver. [23] There is also use of insects in homeopathic medicine, such as Blatta orientalis, a type of cockroach which has been studied by homeopaths for anti-asthmatic ...
Jul. 26—NEW ALBANY — Originating in China thousands of years ago, acupuncture is a practice that isn't that well known in the U.S. The practice is a form of treatment in Chinese medicine that ...
The specific epithet rosa-sinensis literally means "rose of China", although the plant is not closely related to true roses, nor is it from China. [10] The genus Hibiscus is in the tribe Hibisceae and the subfamily Malvoideae of the family Malvaceae. [11] The origin of the species has long been unknown; it has never been found out of cultivation.
In traditional Chinese medicine, extracts from it have been used against numerous diseases, including diabetes, malaria, and Hodgkin's lymphoma. [ 22 ] [ 13 ] In the 1950s, vinca alkaloids , including vinblastine and vincristine , were isolated from Catharanthus roseus while screening for anti-diabetic drugs. [ 23 ]
'Mutabilis' Rosa × odorata or Rosa odorata is a hybrid flowering plant of the genus Rosa native to Yunnan in southwest China, whose taxonomy has been confused.It has been considered a hybrid of Rosa gigantea and Rosa chinensis, or as a quite rare wild species that includes R. gigantea.
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