BADAN PACIFIC
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Saxifrage family. A perennial herbaceous plant similar to badan thick-leaved, differing only in smaller leaves with a wedge-shaped or blunt, rather than heart-shaped or rounded base and a less branching inflorescence of bright pink flowers, which become purple when dried.
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It is found only in the Far East: in Primorye and the Lower Amur Region, in Sikhote-Alin. Grows on the slopes and margins of stony placers in the pre-bald part of the upper mountain belt among shrubs, more often cedar elfin or along the upper border of the forest. Usually forms thickets.
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In folk medicine, it is used for the same diseases as thick-leaved bergenia. It has a pronounced astringent and anti-inflammatory effect.
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See badan thick-leaved.