A single upright shoot with large lobed leaves at the apex may produce root sprouts to give a dense clump. The leaf surface is powdery, particularly on the underside.

Deobstruent, diuretic, febrifuge, galactagogue, sedative and vermifuge (pith)

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The dried stem pith is used in treating dribbling urination with scanty urine and burning pain, and oedema.

Jing-Nuan Wu. An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica. P: 624, Oxford University Press, Inc.2005.