Epimedium grandiflorum (Berberidaceae)

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Epimedium grandiflorum
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The Epimedium grandiflorum plant species is found in E. Asia - Japan, Manchuria. It is a member of the Berberidaceae family. Some home gardeners know the variety as E. macranthum. E. violaceum.

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Latin Name:  Epimedium grandiflorum
Family:  Berberidaceae
Author:  Morr.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  0.35   Mature Width:  0.3

Habitat:  Moist woods in the hills[187]. Calcareous rocks in moist woodland[58]. (This entry refers to sub-species E. grandiflorum higoense. Shimau.)

Medicinal Information: The aerial parts of the plant are antiasthmatic, antibacterial, antirheumatic, antitussive, aphrodisiac, hypoglycaemic, tonic and vasodilator. Its use lowers blood sugar levels[116, 176]. It is used in the treatment of impotence, seminal emissions, lumbago, arthritis, numbness and weakness of the limbs, hypertension and chronic bronchitis[176]. It has an action on the genitals similar to the male sex hormone and can increase the weight of the prostate gland and seminal vesicle, it has increased copulation in animals and increases the secretion of semens[176]. The leaves are used as an aphrodisiac[218]. Administered orally, the leaf extract increases the frequency of copulation in animals[218].

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