Ligusticum wallichii
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Ligusticum wallichii is a flowering plant
in the carrot family
best known for its use in traditional Chinese medicine
where it is considered one of the 50 fundamental herbs. It is known by the common names chuānxiōng and Szechuan lovage.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the carrot family
Apiaceae
The Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
best known for its use in traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage , exercise , and dietary therapy...
where it is considered one of the 50 fundamental herbs. It is known by the common names chuānxiōng and Szechuan lovage.