Identification & Quality Standard
Rhizoma Cimicifugae
Botanical Origin
The dried rhizome of Cimicifuga heracleifoli a Kom., Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz.) Maxim., Cimicifuga foetida L.(Ranunculaceae)
Production Regions
Primarily produced in the northeastern China.
Quality Requirements
Superior medicinal material has light and loose body, firm texture, black-brown external color and large.
Macroscopic Features
Irregular long lumps, often branched, knotty-shaped, 10~20cm long, 2~4cm diameter. Externally black-brown or brown, rough, with hard remnants of thin rootlet, upper side has numerous round hollow remnants of stem base, inner wall of hole has a reticular pattern, lower side is rough and uneven, with scars of rootlets. Light in weight, hard texture, hard to break, fractured surface is uneven, with cracks, fibrous, yellowish-green or pale yellowish-white. faint odor, slightly bitter and astringent taste.
