Balengmu:Saussureae Japonicae Herba Sources:The drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Saussurea japonica(Thunb.)DC.(Family Compositae),growing on grassland on mountain slope,along creak,near forest,or along roadside,and distributed in Northeast China,North China,Northwest China,East China,middle-south of China and Yunnan. Actions and Indications:Whole herb is used as antirheumatic,blood-activator,antioncotic and analgesic,for the treatment of rheumatic pain,pain in loins and legs,traumatic injury,leprosy,cough caused by lungheat,dryness of nasal cavity and throat.