Enlarge PhotoRhizoma Sparganii

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.

Enlarge PhotoRhizoma Scirpi Yagarae

1 Subspherical, outer surface brownish-black, rough, with sparse punctiform scars of fibrous roots.

2 Light but hard; floats in water.

3 Cut surface yellowish-white or brownish-yellow.

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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Since the plants and crude drugs nomenclature of San Leng (Rhizoma Sparganii) and Pao San Leng (Rhizoma Scirpi Yagarae) are inverted (i.e, San Leng is being called “Pao San Leng” and Pao San Leng is being called “San Leng”), confusion happens easily.

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