Codonopsis is a genus of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. As currently recognized, Codonopsis includes two other groups sometimes separated as distinct genera, i.e. Campanumoea and Leptocodon. The enlarged genus Codonopsis is widespread across eastern, southern, central, and southeastern Asia, including China, Japan, the Russian Far East, Kazakhstan, the Indian subcontinent, Iran, Indochina, Indonesia, etc.
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The gnarly, sweet-tasting root sold in Asian herb shops as 'dang shen' and sometimes grown as a c...
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Scientists found that an extract from the root of Codonopsis pilosula, a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, repaired gut damage in mice with drug-induced diarrhea by rebuilding the intestine's protective lining and calming inflammatory immune cells.
