Tuber Onion Seed

Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangdong.

Flat oval or semi-oval shape, 2~4mm long, 1.5~3mm wide, externally black, one side is raised, rough, with thin and dense reticular wrinkles; another side has slightly indented, indistinct wrinkles; apex is blunt, base is slightly pointed, one raised spotted hilum is present. Hard texture, distinctive odor; slightly acrid taste.

Superior medicinal material has black color, full seed, without foreign matter.

Acrid, sweet; warm

Warms and supplements the liver and kidney, invigorates yang, secures essence, warms waist and knees. Apply to impotence, spermatorrhea, sour pain of waist and knees, enuresis, frequent urination, gonorrhea leucorrhea.