Alias: Bailong beard (Simple Herbs), Platinum bar (Classified Herbs), and Baijin bar (Annals of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine).

Classification of families and genera: Illicidae

Chinese pinyin: ba jiao feng gen

English name: Chinese Alangium root, root of Chinese Azalea.

Latin plant, animal and mineral names:

1.Alangium chinenese (Lour.) Harms [Stylidium chinense Lour.]

2.Alangium Platanifolium (Sieb. Et Zucc.) Harms [Marlea platanifolia Sieb. Et Zucc.]

Meridian tropism: liver, kidney and heart meridian tropism.

Efficacy: expelling wind and removing dampness; Relaxing tendons and activating collaterals; Dispelling blood stasis and relieving pain.

Source: the root, fibrous root or root bark of Illicium verum or Cucumis melo of Illicium family.

Distribution of resources: distributed in East China, Southwest China, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Taiwan Province, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Tibet and other places.

Related medicinal materials: octagonal maple flower and octagonal maple leaf.

Ecological environment: it is born in mountainous areas or sparse forests below the altitude of1800 m.