Jin Astragalus (From right: Astragalus King, grades 1, 2, 3) (Long cylindrical, reddish-brown, skin easily...
Anhui Red Dates (Oval, dark red, glossy, wrinkled, fragrant, sweet, and oily) Chicken Heart Dates...
Wild Large Yuan Zhi (Zhi Tong) (Cylindrical, with transverse wrinkles, nodular) Wild Yuan Zhi (Slightly...
Northern Schisandra Fruit (oblate, purplish-red, moist, seeds kidney-shaped) Southern Schisandra Fruit (smaller grains, reddish-brown) (Top)...
Mint (Square stem, curled leaves, purple-brown-green, fragrant, more prominent when rubbed with hot water, brittle...
Wild Platycodon Root (Rhizome head with stem scars, twisted longitudinal grooves) Platycodon Root (Fusiform, tapering...
Wild Jiegeng (Platycodon Root) (Root head with stem scars, twisted longitudinal grooves) Jiegeng (Platycodon Root)...
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Zhi Ke (枳殼) (Hemispherical, greenish-brown, oily dots, everted, mesocarp yellowish-white, 12 segments) Zhi Ke (枳殼)...
Ziqiu Chuan Duhuo (Mortar = Depression) (Large head, cylindrical branches, grayish-brown) Chuan Duhuo (Hard texture,...
Huai Qian Hu (with brown bracts) (cylindrical-conical-fusiform, grayish-yellow, dark brown, relatively soft texture) Huai Qian...
Guang Chinese Clematis Root (Rhizome is columnar, with prominent nodes, brownish-black, with many fine roots...
Cyperus Rhizome (Spindle-shaped, brownish-brown, longitudinal wrinkles, raised segments, hair-like fibers) Large Cyperus Rhizome Cyperus Rhizome...
Raw Tian Nan Xing (Tiger Palm) (Flattened sphere, yellowish-white, concave top, surrounding rootlet scars, irritates...
Chen Pi (Guang Chen Pi) (Cut into 4 segments, orange-red, brownish-brown, wrinkled and sunken with...
Ban Xia (Pinellia Rhizome) (Raw Ban Xia) (Spherical, light yellow, with a sunken stem scar...