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Medicinal
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, herbal Epimedium is prepared from the dried aerial parts of Epimedium wushanense T.S. Ying. (E. wushanense), Epimedium sagittatum Maxim (E. sagittatum), Epimedium brevicornum Maxim (E. brevicornum), Epimedium koreanum Nakai (E. koreanum) and Epimedium pubescens Maxim (E. pubescens) in Sichuan Province, Shanxi Province, Liaoning Province, and Gansu Province in China.
Pei L.K., Guo B.L., Sun S.Q., Huang W.H. [Study on the identification of some species of Herba Epimedii with FTIR] Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi. 2008;28:55–60 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10665689/
The following notes refer to the species E. sagittatum and its uses in TCM.
The whole plant is antirheumatic, aphrodisiac, carminative, expectorant, ophthalmic and vasodilator. Used as a kidney tonic, it also treats sterility and barrenness.
Stuart. Rev. G. A. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei. Southern Materials Centre https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Epimedium+sagittatum
Epimedium L. is the largest herbaceous genus of the Berberidaceae with its distribution centre and diversity centre in China. Epimedium plants have been used as Chinese herbal medicines for more than 2000 years. Five Epimedium species, E. sagittatum Maxim., E. pubescens Maxim., E. brevicornu Maxim., E. koreanum Nakai and E. wushanense T. S. Ying, are included in Chinese Pharmacopoeia (Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission, 2020).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9476710/
Geographical distribution
- Asia-Temperate, China
Epimedium acuminatum Franch.
Family: BERBERIDACEAEGenus: Epimedium
Species: acuminatum Franch.
Common names: Bishop's hat
Distribution summary: W. & C. China
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H6 - Hardy; very cold winter
Habitat: Moist woodland and riverbanks
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Far East (L)
Flowering months: April, May