astragalus
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According to testimony from Rishe Khalili, firefighters’ use of bulldozers to put a contingency line around that fire ended up harming astragalus.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025
For fifty bucks, I bought a small jar of Brain Dust, which contains the herb astragalus and an Ayurvedic rock extrusion called shilajit.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 22, 2016
The relics from this house included a decorated animal bone called an astragalus and a bone dice which had been pushed into the floor of the rebuilt house.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2012
Natural supplements such as andrographis, astragalus, elderberry, vitamin D and zinc may help ease cold symptoms.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2012
Also salvaged was an astragalus, which was a knucklebone of a sheep or a goat used like a die in a game called “knucklebone.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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