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Medicinal Plants
Aster sp.
Fam.: Asteraceae (Compositae)Tibetan: lug mig (sheep's eye)
- Description:
- Petals pale pink, tube florets golden yellow, small group
- Altitude:
- 4410 m (14,469 foot)
- Location:
- South west slope
- Medical usage:
- bad kan and poisonings
Various Aster spp. are used in Tibetan medicine.
Difficult to discern and also the local doctors seemed not to be
too sure which one is the actual "lug mig".
Sometimes in Tibetan medicine whole groups or even an entire
genus of a plant family are named with one name. But then you
might find attributes like "inferior" or
"superior" attached which that name which discern
distinct species.
