Qianghuo is pronounced [?qiāng?huó?]

Definition: plant name. It belongs to the genus Apiaceae and is a perennial herbaceous plant. The back of the leaves is slightly white, the stem is slightly purple, and it is hollow. The whole plant is about one meter tall. Small white flowers bloom in summer. The roots can be used as medicine. They can be used after drying and have diaphoretic, carminative, and analgesic effects.

Introduction: Notopterygium incisum Ting ex H. Stout, upright stem, cylindrical; leaves with three protrusions and three-pinnate compound leaves, leaf sheaths membranous; compound umbels, involucral bracts linear; flowers numerous, petals white, anthers yellow; meridian oblong, July Flowers and bears fruit from August to September.

Distribution: It is distributed in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, and Tibet in China. Grows in forest edges and shrubs at an altitude of 2,000 to 4,000 meters.