Identification & Quality Standard
Rhizoma Pinelliae
Botanical Origin
The dried tuberous rhizome of Pinellia ternate (Thunb.) Breit. (Araceae).
Production Regions
Primarily produced in Chinese provinces of Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan, Zhejiang.
Quality Requirements
Superior medicinal material is large, clean, white, firm, and powdery.
Macroscopic Features
Sub-spherical, sometimes slightly deviated. Externally white or light yellow, with concave stem scars on the apex, surrounded by dense pox-like root scars. Lower portion is blunt and round and relatively smooth. Firm texture; the fractured surface is clean white and very powdery. faint odor; taste acrid and spicy, numbs the tongue and irritates the throat.
