Sensing the business potential, Nyima shifted gears and founded a medicinal farm focusing on raising tianma, or Gastrodia elata, a herb related to orchids. The decision proved a big success, as he ...

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Introduction: Gastrodia elata Blume (G. elata) is an edible medicinal homologous plant with a long history of use. However, to date, there is no evidence of the nutritional components and ...

There is nervous control of the heart by ATP as a cotransmitter in sympathetic, parasympathetic, and sensory-motor nerves, as well as in intracardiac neurons. Centers in the brain control heart ...

Cooper's orchid is a species of potato orchid or Gastrodia. This group takes modesty to the extreme. They spend years underground growing as tubers, much like dahlias or kūmara. When they emerge ...

College of Acupuncture and Massage, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xixian New Area, Shaanxi Province 712046, P. R. China Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Acupuncture & Medicine, Xixian New Area, ...

Seeds of two species of Plantago have been identified as producing mucilage that can be used as a natural additive to make gluten-free bread dough more elastic, resulting in fluffier loaves. Seeds ...

The Tasmanian Wilderness was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982 and extended in 1989, June 2010, June 2012 and again in June 2013. The Tasmanian Wilderness was one of 15 World Heritage ...

The past three years have seen the river sources being well protected, protected species such as wild pandas growing in number, and new species such as Gastrodia fujianensis, a plant used for ...