Its source is from the rhizome of Cimicifuga heracleifolia kom., C. dahurica (Turcz.) Maxim. and C. foetida L., family Ranunculaceae. and the medicinal material is collected in summer and autumn, dried in the sun and then cut into pieces. The crude or the one stir-baked with honey can be used for medication.

Medicinal Properties:
Pungent and sweet in flavor, slightly cold in nature and attributive to the spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians.

Action:
Expel pathogenic factors from the superficies and promote eruption of measles, clear away heat and remove the toxic materials, and uplift yang-qi of the spleen.

Application
1. For exterior syndrome of wind-heat type manifested as fever, headache, or unsmooth eruption of measles.
2. It is indicated for yangming-heat manifested as aphthae, toothache, sore and swollen throat.
3. For prolapse due to qi deficiency manifested as shortness of breath, fatigue, prolapse of rectum due to chronic diarrhea, prolapse of uterus, uterine bleeding without stopping.