Houma Yellow Ginger

Houma Yellow Ginger

　　Houma Yellow Ginger

　　A traditional Chinese medicinal herb from Houma. Among its varieties, "licorice," "rehmannia," and "yellow ginger" are well-known, while "artemisia scoparia" was once recorded in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica.

　　Houma Yellow Ginger has a cylindrical rhizome that often features irregular branches of varying lengths, with diameters ranging from 1.5 to 3 cm. The surface is brown, rough, and marked with distinct longitudinal wrinkles and white round root scars. It is relatively hard and starchy, with an orange-yellow cross-section. The taste is bitter.