ABSTRACT

This herb is the dried, ripe seeds of Cuscuta chinensis Lam. of the family Convolvulaceae. The plant grows mainly in the Hebei, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, and Shandong provinces of China. The seeds are collected in the autumn after they have ripened. They are dried in the sun, and used unprocessed (Jiang Su New Medical College, 1977). https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203050040/86743b54-459f-4502-a9f1-33f21b13726a/content/figpg184_001_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>