Herba Asari root, also named Xi Xin/ Asari Radix/ Asarum/ Manchurian Wildginger.

Specification: whole, C/S, powder

In folk medicine, it is usually uses are as antitussives (cough remedies), sneezing-powder for chronic rhinitis, for inflammation of the eye, for pneumonia, angina pectoris, migraines, liver disease and jaundice, for dehydration, as an emmenagogue (menstrual stimulant) and for artificial abortion.