This product is the root tuber of japanese ampelopsis root, a climbing green herbaceous vine of the grape family. Mainly produced in North China, East China and Central and South China. In spring and autumn, dig the roots, remove the seedlings, wash them, cut them into slices diagonally, and dry them in the sun.

[Property]

bitter and acrid, slightly cold. act on heart and stomach channels.

[Efficacy]

clearing heat and removing toxin, eliminating carbuncle and dissipating stagnation, promoting muscle growth and relieving pain.

[Indications]

This product has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxin, eliminating carbuncle and dissipating stagnation.

• For treating carbuncles and sores, it can be used alone or with Lonicera, Forsythia, Dandelion for oral administration ; It can also be ground into powder with Rice Bean, and egg can be used for external use. If the abscess has suppurated, taking it orally can promote expelling pus. For sore and ulcer ulcers that are not astringent after ulceration, it can be used together with common bletilla pseudobulb and chinese starjasmine stem for external application, which has the effect of promoting muscle growth and astringing sores, such as japanese ampelopsis root scattered.
• For treating scald or burn due to hot water or fire, it can be used alone or together with Sanguisorba, divided into equal parts and applied externally.

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "It is mainly used for carbuncles, swollen ulcers, dissipating qi, relieving pain, removing heat, red eyes..., swelling and pain in women's vagina."
2. Rihuazi Bencao: "...back gangrene, scrofula, bloody defecation, hemorrhoid fistula disease, knife and arrow injuries, flutter injuries, warm malaria, blood dysentery, burn injuries, myogenic pain relief."

[Usage and Dosage]

5~10 grams. Decoct and take. Appropriate amount for external use.

[Precaution]

Anti-Aconite Mother Root.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains mucilage and starch.

• Japanese ampelopsis root extract has varying degrees of inhibitory effects on dermatophytes such as Trichophyton concentricum, Microsporum audunii, Epidermophyton inguinalis and Epidermophyton rubrum.
• 5% decoction also has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus in vitro.