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1 Cut surface marked with several concentric rings of punctiform vascular bundles.

2 Cut surface light yellow or brownish-yellow.

Radix Cyathulae

Root of Cyathula officinalis Kuan (Amaranthaceae).
Expelling stasis and dredging meridians; smoothing joint movement; facilitating urination to relieve stranguria.
Rheumatism; haematuria; amenorrhoea; abdominal mass.
Top grades are strong, pliable; with few branches; cut surfaces light yellow.

Easy to confuse with Radix Cyathulae's Medicine:

» Radix Cyathulae and Radix Strobilanthis Forrestii

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