Chinese: zhi tian nan xing
English: prepared arisaema rhizome, jack-in the-pulpit
Pharmaceutical: Arisaematis Rhizoma preparatum
Properties: Bitter, acrid, warm, toxic
Standard Species: Arisaema erubescens (Wall.) Schott., Arisaema heterophyllum Bl., Arisaema amurense Maxim., Arisaema japonicum Bl. var. atropureum., Arisaema angustatum Franch. et Sav. var. peninsulae Nakai
Arisaema angustatum Franch. et Sav. var. peninsulae Nakai - Hortus Plantae Medicinae, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Japan (Photo by TH. Tanaka)