1) Habitat: Zhejiang of China
2) Description: a) Irregularly oblate
b) 0.5-1.5cm in diameter
c) Externally yellow or yellowish-brown
d) Irregularly reticulate-wrinkled
e) Apex with slight dented stem scars
f) Usually with tuberculate base
g) Texture hard and fragile
h) Fracture yellow, horny, waxy-shinny
i) Slight odour
j) Bitter taste
3) Efficiency: promoters circulations of blood and qi, and relieves pain
4) Application: a) Chest pain and epigastric pain
b) Amenorrhea, dysmenorrheal and blood stasis after childbirth
c) Traumatic swelling and pain
Posted from China - Hunan on 1 September, 2008
