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Gambir
Gambir
TMPW No.:2841

Synonym  
Latin name Gambir
Botanical source: Family name Rubiaceae
Botanical source: Plant name Uncaria gambir Roxburgh (IPNI:60458896-2)
Part used Dried aqueous extract prepared from the leaves and young twigs
Empirical criteria for quality selection  
Constituents
Pharmacological effects  
Indications  
Diseases  
Formulas kyoseihatekigan
Meridian tropism  
Property  
Flavor  
Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing"  
TCM: Classification  
TCM: Medicinal effects  
Remarks Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed.
References  
 

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