chinese herbs Radix coptis

Rhizomes yellow, often branched, densely fibrous roots. Leaves long-handled; blade slightly leathery, ovate-triangular, broadly 10 cm, trisected, central entire lobes ovate-ovate, 3-8 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, apex acute, with length 0.8 -1.8 cm trichomes, 3 or 5 pairs deeply pinnate, deeply divided below, deep lobes 2 to 6 mm apart, margin sharply sharply serrate, lateral lobes 1.5-5 mm long Stems, obliquely ovate, shorter than central lobes, unequal, deeply lobed, veins bulging on both sides, glabrous except for surface along veins, hairless; petiole ca. 5-12 cm, glabrous.