Description:
Cnidium is annual herb, height leaf is alternate, ellipsoidal, 2-4 mm long, about 2 mm in diameter. Dorsal surface of mericarps with five thin and longitudinal ridges, commissural surface flattened, with two brown and slightly raised longitudinal ribs. Pericarp lax and fragile, easily rubbed off, seed small, greyish-brown and oily. Odor, aromatic; taste, pungent, cool and numb.
Function:
1.Sterilization and antipruritic effects, mostly used in gynecology
2.The function of warm kidney , used for male sexual function
3.It also can be used to treat cardiovascular diseases
4.It is widely used in the cosmetics field, mainly used for the sterilization and anti-itching of the skin and the prevention of
allergic symptoms. And also used for clearing lung to stop coughing
Application:
1. Applied in pharmaceutical field, cnidium monnieri extract osthole powder used as the tonic product on the acute exudative skin disease;
2. Applied in cosmetic field, cnidium monnieri extract osthole powder is mainly for the sterilization of skin itching, prevent
allergy symptoms;
3. Applied in health product, cnidium monnieri extract osthole powder can be used as the tonic product on the male impotence, active ingredients of medicines for gynecological diseases. 
