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Nardostachys

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Nardostachys (curved like a shrimp, withered leaves and remnant bases) Nardostachys (shriveled and brownish-red, yellowish...

Xian Mao (Curculigo)

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Xian Mao (Cylindrical, brownish-brown, wrinkled, with fibrous root scars) Xian Mao Xian Mao Slices 【Name】...

Shan Ci Gu (山慈菇)

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Shan Ci Gu (Lightbulb Tulip Bulb) Mao Ci Gu (Hairy Bulb) (Jade Belt Around Waist)...

Sand Ginger (Shan Nai)

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Sand Ginger (Shan Nai) slices Sand Ginger (Shan Nai) magnified (shrunken skin and protruding flesh)...

Garlic

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Garlic (Enclosing membranous scale leaves) Garlic slices for moxibustionGarlic 【Naming】 Garlic  【Source】 Mingyi Bielu‧Garlic  【Commonly...

Qian Nian Jian (Rhizoma Homalomenae)

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Qian Nian Jian (Cylindrical, curved and flat, yellowish-brown, needle-like protrusions) Qian Nian Jian slices (Scattered...

Lilii Rhizoma et Radix

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Lilii Rhizoma et Radix (wearing a straw raincoat) Lilii Rhizoma et Radix Lilii Rhizoma et...

Ligusticum sinense

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Chuan Gao Ben (Remnant fibrous roots with splits) Chuan Gao Ben Chuan Gao Ben (Nodular...

Gentian

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Wild Northeast Gentian (Dragon Head) (Brownish-yellow, with residual stem scars at the base, bitter) Wild...

Lou Lu (Radix Rhapontici)

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Qizhou Lou Lu (Wearing a straw hat) Qizhou Lou Lu (Silky fibrous brown hairs at...

Daylily Root

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Daylily Root Daylily Root slices 【Name】 Daylily Root  【Source】 Jiayou Materia Medica (嘉祐本草)  【Common Usage...

Stalactite

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【Naming】n Stalactite n 【Source】n Shen Nong’s Classic of Materia Medica, Upper Grade n 【Frequency of Use】n E...

Calamine

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【Naming】 Calamine  【Source】 Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)  【Commonly Used Degree】 E  【Origin】 A...

E’guan Shi (Goose-feather Pipe Stone)

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E’guan Shi (Goose-feather Pipe Stone) (Round tube, like a goose feather quill, milky white to...

Mica Schist

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Qing Meng Shi (Flattened, oblique lumps, greenish-gray, pearl luster, loose and fragile texture, fingernail nail...