Ireisen

Japanese: 威霊仙 - いれいせん
Ireisen

...It is distributed from southern Hokkaido to Taiwan, from South Korea to southern China and the Ogasawara Islands, and is often cultivated for decorative purposes overseas. The plant known as Ireisen and used for medicinal purposes is originally the root of C. chinensis Osbeck, but C. chinensis is also widely used. It is used as a painkiller, etc.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Wei Ling Xian" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…北海道南部から台湾までと南朝鮮から中国大陸南部,小笠原諸島に分布し,外国ではしばしば観賞用に栽培される。威霊仙(いれいせん)と称して薬用にされるものは,本来はシナセンニンソウ(一名サキシマボタンヅル)C.chinensis Osbeckの根であるが,センニンソウも広く用いられている。鎮痛薬などにされる。…

※「威霊仙」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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