Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of umbelliferous plants belonging to the tribe Seselineæ, subtribe Selineæ, distinguished by an ovate or oblong fruit with numerous oil-tubes, and by having seeds with a flat or slightly concave face.

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Examples

  • FORMULA NUMBER 6: Avena Sativa Oat Complex for Women: oat extract, dong quai, white peony, ligusticum, curculigo, alfalfa, vitex, ginger, cinnamon bark, jujube; use for low sex drive and sexual debility.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • Kava Dreams contains kava kava, zizyphus seed, poria, ligusticum, anemarrhena, and a small amount of ginseng.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • FORMULA NUMBER 57: Kava Dreams: zizyphus, kava kava extract, fu ling, American ginseng, ligusticum, anemarrhena, licorice; use for insomnia, restlessness, and night sweats due to deficient yin.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

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