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Yuan zhi is used primarily as an expectorant. [2] It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called yuǎn zhì (Chinese: 遠志) and believed to have neuropsychiatric effects.
Polygala is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots . The genus is distributed widely throughout much of the world [ 1 ] in temperate zones and the tropics . [ 2 ]
Senega poaya is a herbaceous species of plant native to South America. [1] It is a perennial plant, becoming somewhat woody at the base. It grows to a clump of stems 8–50 cm tall. [2] The root is sometimes used for local medicinal use. It is also an active emetic. [3]
There is interest in turning the plant into a workable agricultural crop, especially in Canada. [4] Overexploitation of the native plant is a concern, and there has been evidence of overharvest in some areas. At its peak in the year 1931, Canada exported about 781,000 pounds of dry senega root, which equals 2 million pounds of fresh plant.
Senega lutea is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant which has a height between 20 and 50 centimetres (7.9 and 19.7 in). [5] [6] Its flowers are orange-yellow and 2 to 3 inches (5.1 to 7.6 cm) long. Its pedicels are 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) long. [6] It flowers between April and October. [5]
The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 27 genera and ca. 900 known species [2] of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one genus, Polygala, the milkworts. The family was first described in 1809 by Johann Hoffmansegg and ...
Polygala senega var. tenuifolia Pursh Polygala torreyi G.Don Senega alba , commonly called white milkwort , [ 1 ] is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family ( Polygalaceae ).
Foliage of Polygala myrtifolia - Nature's Valley, South Africa Polygala myrtifolia Bark of Polygala myrtifolia - Nature's Valley, South Africa. Polygala myrtifolia, the myrtle-leaf milkwort, [1] is an evergreen 2–4 m tall South African shrub or small tree found along the southern and south-eastern coasts, from near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape to KwaZulu-Natal.