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1 Conical; slightly flat. Scars of fibrous root punctiform, arranged in a slightly transverse and angular manner ; surface yellowish-white or greyish-yellow.
2 Heavy, hard; sinks in water.
3 Cut surface yellowish-white.
4 The San Leng commonly used in Hong Kong are processed with vinegar and have a brown cut surface.
| Rhizoma Sparganii | and | Rhizoma Scirpi Yagarae |
| Tuber, with bark shaved off, of Sparganium stoloniferum Buch.-Ham. (Sparganiaceae). | Tuber of Scirpus yagara Ohwi (Cyperaceae). | |
| Dissipating blood stasis; regulating qi; removing accumulated evils to relieve pain. | Expelling stagnation to dredge meridians; dissipating blood stasis to remove abdominal mass; regulating qi to remove accumulated evils. | |
| Amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, postpartum abdominal pain; abdominal mass, fibroid, hepatosplenomegaly; dyspepsia, fullness and pain in the chest and abdomen. | Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhoea, postpar tum abdominal pain; carbuncles and furuncles, abdominal mass; abdominal pain due to retention of undigested food. | |
| Top grades are heavy, hard and solid, yellowish-white. | Top grades are big, hard and solid. | |
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