Gan di huang: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Gan di huang in China is the name of a plant defined with Rehmannia glutinosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rehmannia glutinosa f. huechingensis (Chao & Shih) P.G. Hsiao [Xiao], Rehmannia glutinosa f. purpurea Matsuda (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanical Magazine (1918)
· Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica (1957)
· Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae (1770)
· Fl. Chin. Trad. Med. (1959)
· Chinese Bulletin of Botany (1984)
· Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. (1835)
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