Prickly ginseng

Prickly ginseng

(Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the root of Araliaceae.

[plant morphology] Panax notoginseng

Deciduous shrubs. The root is thick and rod-shaped. Stem erect, spiny, especially many nodes; bark pale grayish yellow. Leaves alternate, palmately 3-5-lobed, base cordate, margin serrate and bristles, veins also bristles. The flowers are white green, with many small umbels arranged in racemes on the main axis, and the pedicels are densely covered with brown hairs. Berry shaped drupe oblate. The flowering period is August. The fruit period is from August to September.

It grows in the deep humus layer with good drainage and in the mixed forest of coniferous forest belt. It is distributed in Jilin and other places.

[collection] collect and dig in spring, and bask in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the root contains alkaloids, saponins, volatile oil and polysaccharides. It also contains cardiac glycosides. Other parts contain volatile oil.

[pharmacological action] see "acanthopanax bark" article.

[function indications] Jilin Chinese herbal medicine: "antipyretic, antitussive. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.