A perennial plant, approximately 16 inches tall. Stems are hairy. Leaves made up of 12 to 18 pairs of leaflets. Flowers are hermaphrodite.

Cardiotonic, diuretic and vasodilator (dried roots)

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The dried roots are used in the treatment of spontaneous and night sweats, prolapse of the uterus and anus, abscesses and chronic ulcers, carbuncles, chronic diarrhea, chronic nephritis with oedema and proteinuria.

Jing-Nuan Wu. An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica. P: 120, Oxford University Press, Inc.2005.