Japanese Ampelopsis Root Tuber

Primarily produced in Chinese provinces of Hubei, Henan, Jiangxi, Anhui.

Tuberous root is long spherical or fusiform, longitudinal cut into pieces. Whole piece is 5~12cm long, 1.5~3.5cm diameter. Externally reddish-brown or reddish-tan; with longitudinal wrinkles, small horizontal wrinkles and long horizontal lenticels; cork is easily to fall off layer by layer, with reddish brown; cut surface is off-white or pale reddish-brown and wrinkled. Angled-sliced is oval shaped, 2.5~5cm long, 2~3cm wide, cut surface is off-white or pale reddish-brown; one raised crest sticks up in the center, with radial veins; ridge is relatively thick and slightly perked up or curled. Light, hard and brittle texture; easily broken with powdery. faint odor; taste sweet.

Superior medicinal material consists of large, with pink and powdery fracture surface.

Bitter, sweet, acrid, slightly cold.

Clears heat, resolves toxin, dissipates binds, relieves pains, engenders flesh and astringes sores. Apply to burns and scalds and swelling, scrofula, scalding injuries, wet sores, pyrexial malaria, epilepsy, hematodiarrhoea, hemorrhoidal hemorrhage, prolapse of hemorrhoids, leucorrhea, and injuries from falls, traumatic hemorrhage.