bubble_chart Source This product is the tuberous root of the climbing herbaceous vine Ampelopsis japonica of the Vitaceae family. It is primarily produced in North China, East China, and Central South China. The roots are dug up in spring and autumn, the seedlings are removed, washed, sliced diagonally, and dried in the sun.
bubble_chart Properties and Meridians
Bitter and acrid, slightly cold. Act on heart and stomach meridians.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Clearing heat and removing toxins, dispersing abscesses and resolving nodules, promoting tissue regeneration and relieving pain.
bubble_chart Indications
This product is bitter and cold in nature, with the ability to clear heat and remove toxins, disperse swelling, and resolve abscesses.
- It can be used alone or in combination with Lonicera, Forsythia, and Dandelion for decoction and internal use to treat abscesses and sores. It can also be ground into powder with Rice Bean and applied externally with egg white. For abscesses that have already suppurated, internal use can promote pus expulsion. For sores and ulcers that do not heal after ulceration, it can be used with common bletilla pseudobulb and Chinese starjasmine stem, ground into powder and applied externally to promote tissue regeneration and wound healing, such as in the Japanese Ampelopsis Root Powder.
- For scalds or burns caused by hot water or fire, it can be used alone or in equal parts with Sanguisorba, ground into powder and applied externally.
bubble_chart Documentation
- Benjing: "Treats abscesses, ulcers, and sores, disperses stagnant qi, relieves pain, eliminates heat, redness in the eyes..., and swelling and pain in the female genitalia."
- Rihuazi Bencao: "...treats back gangrene, scrofula, bloody defecation, hemorrhoids and fistula disease, knife and arrow wounds, injuries from falls, warm malaria, bloody dysentery, burns and scalds, promotes muscle growth and relieves pain."
bubble_chart Usage and Dosage
5-10 grams. Decoct for oral use. Apply an appropriate amount externally.
bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications
Anti Aconite Mother Root.
bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology
This product contains mucilage, starch, and other components.
- The infusion of Japanese Ampelopsis root has varying degrees of inhibitory effects on dermatophytes such as Trichophyton concentricum, Microsporum audouinii, and Epidermophyton floccosum.
- A 5% decoction also exhibits inhibitory effects against Staphylococcus aureus in vitro.
