Xuan Shen - Figwort Root 【Net Wt: 100g】

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【Macroscopic Features】
Sub-cylindrical, middle is slightly thick or thick at the top and thin at the bottom, sometimes slightly curved, 6~20cm long, 1~3cm diameter. Externally grayish-yellow or grayish-brown, with irregular longitudinal grooves, horizontal lenticels and loose horizontal cracks and rootlet scars. Firm texture, hard to break, black fractured surface is slightly lustrous. Distinctively caramel-like odor, sweet, slightly bitter, salty taste.

【Properties】Sweet, bitter, salty, slightly cold.

【Channels (meridians) entered】lung, stomach and kidney.

【Functions】
Clears heat, cools blood, drains fire, resolves toxin, nourishes yin. Apply to damp evil entering construction and the pericardium, warm toxin inducing eruptions, heat disease damaging yin, dark red tongue and vexation, damage of fluid and constipation, bone steaming and over-strained cough, red eye, throat pain, scrofula, diphtheritic, swelling abscess and sore toxin.