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Medicinal

The Nomads of North Yakutia call this plant tánara ótó (maŅ£apa omo, the herb devoted to the supreme god Tánara). Young shoots and flowers have ethnobotanical uses as diuretic and chloretic remedy, for fumigation, treatment of gastro-intestinal tract disorders and alcoholism.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6269879/

People in Hebei and Shanxi have used Dracocephalum rupestre as a tea substitute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracocephalum_rupestre

Geographical distribution

  • Asia-Temperate, China, China North-Central
  • Asia-Temperate, China, Hainan
  • Asia-Temperate, China, Inner Mongolia
  • Asia-Temperate, China, Manchuria
  • Asia-Temperate, China, Qinghai
  • Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia, Korea

Dracocephalum rupestre Hance

Family: LAMIACEAE
Genus: Dracocephalum
Species: rupestre Hance
Common names: Dragon's Head
Distribution summary: China, Korea
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Habitat: Dry, sunny, rocky mountains
Garden status: Not currently grown
Flowering months: June, July, August
Reason for growing: Medicinal


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