Da Fu Pi Somewhat elliptical or long-ovate gourd-shaped, 4-7cm long, 2-3.5cm wide, 0.2-0.45 thick. Epicarp deep brown to blackish, with irregular longitudinal wrinkles and raised transverse lines on the surface; style scars at apex and a fruit stalk and remains of calyx at the base. Endocarp dented, brown or deep brown, smooth and hard shell-shaped. Texture light and hard, mesocarp fibers visible torn longitudinally. Odour, slight; taste, slightly astringent.

Da Fu Mao Somewhat elliptical or gourd-shaped. Epicarp mostly lost or remained. Mesocarp fibres yellowish-white or pale brown. Texture lax and soft. Endocarp hard shell-shaped, yellowish-brown or brown, inner surface smooth, sometimes broken in longitudinal. Odourless; taste, weak.

Stagnation of qi due to accumulation of damp marked by epigastric and abdominal distension, difficult evacuation of the feces, edema of the legs and oliguria.