Dan shen: 1 definition
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Dan shen means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Dan shen in China is the name of a plant defined with Salvia miltiorrhiza in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Salvia pogonocalyx Hance (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mémoires Présentés à l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses Assemblées (1833)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1873)
· Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (1977)
· Bulletin de l’Académie Internationale de Géographie, Botanique (1904)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Nan dan shen, Yun sheng dan shen.
Full-text: Nan dan shen, Yun sheng dan shen.
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