Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume Middle of Middle

A botanical woodblock illustration of a plant labeled Jiexincao. The plant is depicted as a slender, climbing or creeping herb. Its stem winds upward in a serpentine fashion, featuring several clusters of small, ovate or lanceolate leaves. Delicate, coiled tendrils emerge from the leaf axils, and a small cluster of flowers or seeds is visible near the upper right branch. At the base, the plant has a dark, fibrous, and somewhat bushy root system. The entire drawing is contained within a double-line rectangular border.