What is glutinous rice root?

Glutinous rice root, Chinese herbal medicine, also known as rice beard, glutinous rice root and glutinous rice root. It is an irregular fragment or assembled into a loose ball. The rhizome segment is cylindrical, yellow-brown, 3-6mm in diameter and hollow. The appearance of the root segment is brownish yellow or yellowish white. Light body, slight breath and light taste. Store in a ventilated and dry container. It can be used for treating fever due to yin deficiency, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, thirst and dry throat, hepatitis, filariasis and other diseases.