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Astragalus mongholicus Bunge - syn. Astragalus membranaceus Bunge variety mongholicus (Bunge) P.K. Hsiao; Phaca abbreviata Ledeb. - Fabaceae
蒙古黄耆 meng gu huang qi (chin.), Mongolian melk-vetch, Mongolischer Tragant, Mongolische Tragantwurzel

Herb up to 60cm tall, native to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russian Far East; plant covered with hairs; leaves pinnate, 6-15 cm long, nearly sessile; leaf­lets in 8-12 pairs, narrowly ovate to narrowly elliptic; racemes axillary, loosely many flowered, 4-5cm, at fruiting time strongly elongated to 9-14 cm; petals yellow, rarely lilac; pod ovate-oblong. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200011902

Indications for A.mongholicus roots are perspiration caused by weakness or from no apparent cause, chronic diarrhoea and rectocele.
[Medicinal plants in China: a selection of 150 commonly used species., World Health Organization., 1989, 46-47]

The two sources of Radix Astragali, A.membranaceus and A.mongholicus, contain a higher amount of astragaloside I and IV than their adulterants, Astragalus propinquus, Astragalus lepsensis, Astragalus aksuensis, Astragalus hoantchy, Astragalus hoantchy subsp. dshimensis, Astragalus lehmannianus, Astragalus sieversianus, and Astragalus austrosibiricus.
[Chemical analysis of Radix Astragali (Huangqi) in China: a comparison with its adulterants and seasonal variations., Ma, X.Q., Shi, Q., Duan, J.A., Dong, T.T., Tsim, K.W., Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 50(17), 4861-4866.]

The dried roots, Chinese drug name PhPRC 2010 and PhEur: Astragali mongholici radix, huangqi, 黃芪, are used to treat fatigue, general weakness, loss of appetite, insomnia, palpitations, anxiety, anemia, easy to catch cold, aversion against wind, spontaneous sweating, and prolapse of rectum or uterus. The drug contains triterpenoid saponins (PhEur min. 0.040%; astragaloside IV derivatives), flavonoids, coumarin, polysaccharides, amino acids, folic acid, and beta-sitosterol.
http://www.lfl.bayern.de/mam/cms07/publikationen/daten/merkblaetter/chinese_medicinal_plants__cultivated_bavaria_lfl-merkblatt.pdf

Astragalus mongholicus Bunge as Phaca abbreviata Ledeb.; Ledebour,C.F. von, Icones plantarum novarum, vol.4 t.330 (1833)
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=112058