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1 Whole herb used as medicine.

2 Stem small and long cylindrical, with longitudinal edges and joints.

3 Intact leaf when smoothed out, has a triangular, narrow ovate or broad ovate blade; with cordate base.

Herba Aristolochiae

Aerial part of Aristolochia debilis Sieb. et Zucc. (Aristolochiaceae).
Regulating qi to promote blood circulation; promoting urination to alleviate oedema.
Stabbing pain in stomach and abdomen; arthralgia; oedema during pregnancy.
Top grades are green, brittle; odour faint.

Easy to confuse with Herba Aristolochiae's Medicine:

» Herba Aristolochiae and Radix Aristolochiae

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