[Variety Source]

manshurian dutchman's pipe stem is the stem of Dutohmanspipe Fruit (Aristolochia manshuriensis Kom.), a vine of the Dutohmanspipe Fruit family. Mainly produced in Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang and other provinces. Harvested in autumn. Dried, sliced, and used raw.

Armand Clematis Stem is the dried stem of the small Akebia Stem (Clematis armandii Franch.) and the hydrangea vine (Clematis montana Buch.-Ham.) of the japanese buttercup herb family. Mainly produced in Sichuan, Hunan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Guizhou and other provinces. Harvest the stems and vines in spring and autumn, remove the thick skin, and dry them in the sun or cut them into thin slices while they are fresh and dry them in the sun.

The currently used Akebia Stem medicinal materials mainly include manshurian dutchman's pipe stem, Armand Clematis Stem, Huaitong and Bai Akebia Stem. Among them, the most widely used is manshurian dutchman's pipe stem; the second is Armand Clematis Stem; Huaitong is The woody stems of Dutohmanspipe Fruit, large-leaf Dutohmanspipe Fruit, and Huaitong Dutohmanspipe Fruit; and the white Akebia Stem are only produced and sold in a few areas. The Akebia Stem recorded in materia medica in the past is Akebia Stem in the family Akebia Stem, which is rarely used at present. Akebia Stem and Ricepaperplant Pith have different names and different smells. But today's Akebia Stem is called "Ricepaperplant Pith" in ancient books, and today's Akebia Stem is called "Ricepaperplant Pith" in ancient books. You should know the difference and cannot be confused.

[Property]

bitter cold. act on heart, small intestine and bladder channels.

[Efficacy]

It clears away heat, diuresis and relieves stranguria, relieves heart-fire, unblocks blood vessels and unblocks breasts.

[Indications]

1. Used for heat stranguria, astringent pain, upset and red urine, edema and athlete's foot. Take it to clear heart fire and diarrhea dampness-heat, so that the evil of dampness-heat can descend and be expelled from the urine. Therefore, if it is used to treat up-flaming of heart fire, sores on the mouth and tongue, or irritability and red urine caused by heart fire moving down to the lower intestine, it is usually used with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root Huang, Liquorice Root, Bamboo Leaf, etc., such as Redness-Removing Powder. If the bladder is dampness-heat and the urine is short and red, dripping and painful, it is often used with Grass of Common KnotGrass, Lilac Pink Herb, such as Eight -Ingredient Rectification Powder. If used for swelling of athlete's foot and difficulty in urination, it can be used together with Polyporus, cultivated purple perilla leaf, Areca Seed, such as Akebia Stem loose.
2. Used for amenorrhea, less breast milk, dampness-heat paralysis and pain. This product promotes lactation, promotes menstruation, and can promote blood circulation and open joints. If used to treat lactation deficiency or blocked milk, it can be used equivalently with Cowherb Seed, Pangolin Scales, fistula disease reed, or with Pig's trottersStew in soup and take it. For the treatment of blood stasis amenorrhea, it can be used with Carthamus, Peach Kernel, Salvia, etc., especially when blood is due to heat and blood stasis. If you want to treat dampness-heat paralysis and pain, use it with Gentian, Stephania Tetrandra, Coix Seed, etc.

[Documentation]

1. Bencao Xinbian: "Akebia Stem, expels water vapor, facilitates urination, and is also used as an adjunct to other medicines. It must not be used without it, but it cannot be used more than once. If it is used too much, it will release the original qi."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take. 3～9g.

[Precaution]

It is reported that manshurian dutchman's pipe stem 60g decocted with water may cause acute renal failure. Therefore, the dosage should not be large.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Manshurian dutchman's pipe stem contains Dutohmanspipe Fruit acid, tannin and calcium, saponin, fatty oil, etc.

1. The manshurian dutchman's pipe stem of the Dutohmanspipe Fruit family is nephrotoxic and can cause renal tubular cell apoptosis and renal interstitial fibrosis. Taking more than two ounces of Akebia Stem at one time can cause renal failure. Taiwan has banned imports in 2003/11.
2. This product has diuretic and cardiotonic effects.
3. It has inhibitory effects on dysentery bacilli, disease caused by cold bacilli and certain skin fungi.