milk-vetch in English

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a plant of the pea family found throughout the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere, grown in several regions as a fodder plant.
Tonics like ginseng, the root of membranous milk vetch , dangsheng and baishu are used.
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1. Astragalus is an herb known scientifically as Astragalus membranaceus, and commonly as milk vetch and locoweed

2. Astragalus, also known as milk vetch or huang qi, is a plant known for its roots in traditional Chinese medicine

3. Apart from Astragalus it is also known as Huang chi, Huang qi, Milk vetch, Radix Astragali, locoweed, goat’s thorn, green dragon, gum dragon, gummi tragacanthae, hog gum, membranous milk vetch, Syrian tragacanth, tragacanth, Mongolian Milk, Ogi, Phaca membranacea, Radix Astragalus, Réglisse Bâtarde and Réglisse Sauvage.

4. 2: the dried root of an Asian milk vetch (Astragalus membranaceus) used especially as a remedy in Chinese herbal medicine also: a preparation or extract of this root