[Variety Source]

This product is the root bark of Acanthopanax gracilistylus (Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Smith), a small deciduous shrub of Araliaceae. Mainly produced in Hubei, Henan, Anhui and other places. Excavated in summer and autumn. Peel off the root bark. Dry. Cut into thick slices and use raw.

Acanthopanax Bark recorded in the archaeological materia medica is derived from Araliaceae plants. Plants of the same family, Manyprickle Acanthopanax (A. senticosus (Rupr. et Maxim.) Harms .) and the root bark of Acanthopanax Bark (A. henry (Oliv.) Harms.) are also used as Acanthopanax Bark. The Acanthopanax Bark medicinal materials used in modern times include sessileflower acanthopanax bark and Chinese Silkvine Root-bark. sessileflower acanthopanax bark is an Araliaceae plant, and Chinese Silkvine Root-bark is the root bark of the Periloca sepium plant (Periloca sepium Bge.). It is commonly known as Acanthopanax, and is now designated as "Pharmacopoeia" Chinese Silkvine Root-bark.

sessileflower acanthopanax bark and Chinese Silkvine Root-bark are two medicinal materials with different families and genus, and different effects, so they should be selected separately. The skin of sessileflower acanthopanax bark is non-toxic and has good effects on nourishing the liver and kidneys and strengthening the muscles and bones. Chinese Silkvine Root-bark bark is poisonous and can strengthen the heart, diuresis and relieve pain. However, overdose and long-term use are not allowed to prevent accumulation and poisoning.

[Property]

Acrid and bitter, warm. act on liver and kidney channels.

[Efficacy]

dispelling wind is damp, strengthens muscles and bones, and is a diuretic.

[Indications]

1. Used for wind-dampness numbness and spasm of limbs. This product is pungent and bitter, can dispelling wind and dampness and clearing the meridians. To treat wind-dampness pain, muscle spasm, and difficulty in flexion and extension, you can take it alone soaked in wine, such as Acanthopanax Bark wine. It can also be combined with Floweringqince Fruit and Knotty Pine Wood of medicinals, such as Acanthopanax Bark powder from "Shen Shi Zunsheng".
2. It is used for liver and kidney insufficiency, weakness of waist and knees, and delayed walking in children. This product can nourish the liver and kidneys and strengthen the muscles and bones. To treat weakness in the waist and knees, it is often used together with Achyranthes Root, Eucommia Bark, Epimedium Herb and other medicines; if it is used to treat delayed movement in children, Can be mixed with Tortoise Carapace, Achyranthes Root, Floweringqince Fruit and other medicines, such as Baoying Cuoyao Acanthopanax Bark powder .
3. Used for edema, difficulty in urination. This product has a diuretic effect and is used to treat edema. It is often used with tuckahoe peel, Dried Tangerine Peel, Areca Peel, such as Five-Peel Decoction.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Maintains hyperthyroidism abdominal pain, tonifying qi treatment, cannot be done in children, and pudendal sore."
2. Bencao Jingshu: "The meridian says that those who are injured by dampness will be affected first by the lower meridian. It also says that the dampness of the earth will harm the skin, flesh and tendons. The liver and kidneys are located lower and govern the muscles and bones, so the evil of wind-cold dampness mostly originates from the second meridian first. Accept. The pungent nature of this medicine can dispel wind, and the bitterness can cause drying and dampness. The two internal organs will suffer from irritation."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 5~15g.

[Modern Pharmacology]

The bark of sessileflower acanthopanax bark contains volatile oil, tannins, palmitic acid, sub-oleic acid and vitamins A and B₁. The root of sessileflower acanthopanax bark contains lignan glycosides, and the root of Manyprickle Acanthopanax bark contains multiple glycosides.

• sessileflower acanthopanax bark has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
• Manyprickle Acanthopanax has an anti-fatigue effect. The excitatory effect of its extract is stronger than that of Ginseng. It enhances the inhibitory effect of the cerebral cortex, enhances the body's disease resistance, has a protective effect against radioactive injury, and has an obvious anti-stress effect.
• Can enhance the body's immune function.
• Can adjust blood pressure and bring it back to normal.
• Can excite the gonads and adrenal glands, accelerate the formation of glycogen in the body, and lower blood sugar.
• It has anti-diuretic and anti-inflammatory effects, and has a certain inhibitory effect on swelling and pain.
• Also has a dispelling phlegm antitussive effect.
• sessileflower acanthopanax bark has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.