Peucedanum purpurea, also known as Angelica sinensis, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Wild Vegetable Spicy, Coriander, Mulberry Root Seedling, Radix Peucedani, and Radix Angelicae Pubescentis. It is a perennial herb, belonging to Umbelliferae, widely distributed in China, and mostly grows in hillside grassland or sparse forest. Peucedanum purpurea has special chemical constituents and has special research and application value in medicine. The ethanol extract of Peucedanum purpurea has expectorant, antispasmodic, antiplatelet aggregation and anti-inflammatory effects, and inhibits the growth and metabolism of cancer cells.

Irregular cylindrical, conical or spindle-shaped, the main root is thin, with few branches, 3 ~ 15cm long and 0.8 ~ 1.7cm in diameter ... The surface is brown to dark brown, the root head occasionally has residual stem base and membranous leaf sheath, with shallow straight and thin longitudinal wrinkles, and gray-white transverse lenticellate protrusions and punctate fibrous root marks can be seen. Hard, white section, narrow epidermis, scattered with a small amount of yellow oil spots. The smell is fragrant and the taste is slightly bitter and pungent.

Produced in Liaoning, Henan, Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places. Distributed in Japan, Korea and the Far East of the Soviet Union.