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Codonopsis pilosula 党参 (Dangshen, Pilose Asiabell)

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The genus Asiabell is composed of 40 species in the world, 39 species in China, including 21 species for medicine use. Dangshen is mainly distributed in the Shanxi, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu provinces.

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Zhu, Ey. (2015). Codonopsis pilosula 党参 (Dangshen, Pilose Asiabell). In: Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Zhang, J. (eds) Dietary Chinese Herbs. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99448-1_10

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