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Halloysitum Rubrum

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Halloysitum Rubrum (Lumpy, pinkish-purple, smooth like ointment, dense pattern, fine texture, soft and easy to...

Star Jasmine Stem

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Luò Shí Téng Luò Shí Téng(Thin cylindrical, reddish-brown and hard, with fine roots. Leaves are...

Shi Jue Ming (Abalone Shell)

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Shi Jue Ming (Abalone Shell) (Attached and grown on rocks, oval, rough, uneven, grayish-brown curved...

Bombyx Batryticatus

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Bombyx Batryticatus (Cylindrical, curved and shrunken, grayish-white light brown, covered with white powder frost, round...

Quan Xie (Scorpion)

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Quan Xie (Scorpion) (Flat, long oval, with a tail-like posterior abdomen, greenish-brown, body length includes...

Qing Fen (Calomel)

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 Qing Fen (Calomel) (Snowflake crystals, silvery luster, light in weight, easily crushed into powder by...

Benzoin

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Benzoin (small lumps, light orange-yellow, reddish-brown when aged, brittle and easily broken with luster) Benzoin...

Turmeric Root (Yu Jin)

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Warm Turmeric Root (Yu Jin) Yellow Turmeric Root (Yu Jin) (= Sichuan Turmeric Root (Yu...

Bai Fu Zi (Typhonium)

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Yu Bai Fu Zi (ringed segments) Yu Bai Fu Zi Slices Guan Bai Fu Zi...

Realgar

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Realgar (above) Orpiment (below) (Burning Realgar produces dense and long-lasting yellow smoke; Orpiment produces less...

Rhinoceros Horn

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Indian Rhinoceros Horn (Tooth-like edge, Celestial groove, Terrestrial prominence, Sesame seed spots) (Actual height 23cm,...

Croton Seed

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Croton Seed (Oval, with three prominent longitudinal ridges, grayish-yellow, flat apex with petiole scar, white...

Galangal

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Galangal (Cylindrical, curved and branched, reddish-brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and wavy ring segments) Galangal slices...

Antelope Horn

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Antelope Horn (Slender cone, curved, yellowish-white, black at the top, ringed sections at the bottom,...

Amber

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Amber (multi-faceted lumps, blood-red, yellowish-brown, black, smooth fracture surface, vitreous luster, loose and brittle texture)...