This product is the dried mature fruit of the Akebia Stem plant (Akebia quinata (Thunb.) Decne.) of the Akebia Stem family. It grows in mountain forest thickets. It is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, and Anhui. The fruit is harvested when it turns yellow in summer and autumn, then dried in the sun, or briefly scalded in boiling water before drying.

The fruits of related species such as the three-leaf Akebia Stem (A. trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz.) or the white Akebia Stem (A. trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz. var. australis (Diels) Rehd.) are also used medicinally as akebia fruit.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet and slightly bitter, cold. Act on liver, stomach and bladder meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Soothing the liver and regulating qi, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, promoting diuresis, and killing worms.

bubble_chart Indications

Used for distending pain in the epigastrium and hypochondrium, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, difficulty in urination, and snake or insect bites.

1. It can treat urinary tract infections caused by ureteral stones, and can also accelerate the expulsion of ureteral stones in cases of ureteral mucosal edema. It can be used in combination with Polyporus, Poria, Plantain Seed, or Five Ingredients with Poria Powder.
2. It can be applied for abdominal distension, dysentery with bloody or mucoid stools, lumbago, chest pain, hernia, dysmenorrhea, and uterine prolapse.
3. In animal experiments, it has shown inhibitory effects on digestive system tumors, breast cancer, and lung cancer.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

It contains Akebia Stem saponins (akebin) A, B, C, D, E, F, G, all of which have Chinese ivy stem sapogenin as their aglycone. It also contains glycerides of oleic acid, linolenic acid, and others.