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Description of the drug: Long conical or long cylindrical, gradually tapering towards the lower part, some slightly tortuous, 15–30 cm long, 0.5–2 cm in diameter. Externally greyish-brown, rugged, with longitudinal wrinkles, numerous transverse-elongated lenticel-like protrudings and dotted raised rootlet scars. Root stock with obvious dense annulations, some annulations marked by brown hair-like remains of leaf bases. Texture light, easily broken, fracture uneven, bark brownish and cracked, wood yellowish. Odour, characteristic; taste, sweetish.
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Wagner, H., Bauer, R., Melchart, D., Xiao, PG., Staudinger, A. (2015). Radix Saposhnikoviae – Fangfeng . In: Wagner, H., Bauer, R., Melchart, D., Xiao, PG., Staudinger, A. (eds) Chromatographic Fingerprint Analysis of Herbal Medicines Volume III. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06047-7_4
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