Acanthopanax giraldii

Acanthopanax giraldii

(records of traditional Chinese Medicine)

[synonym] Cortex Acanthopanacis, Cortex Acanthopanacis, Cortex Acanthopanacis, Cortex Acanthopanacis, and Cortex Acanthopanacis.

[source] the bark of Acanthopanax giraldii.

[plant morphology] Acanthopanax giraldii

Deciduous shrub, up to 3 m high. Branches yellowish brown, densely setate needled. They are palmately compound, alternate; petioles 3-7 cm long, usually with 2-3 bristle like needling, with a round of reddish brown bristle like needling near the branches of the base; leaflets 5, rarely 3-4, sessile or subsessile, usually clustered with bristle like needling near the base; leaflets submembranous, obovate or oblanceolate, sometimes slightly rhombic, 2.5-5 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, apex shorter Apex, base cuneate, margin irregularly doubly serrate, both surfaces smooth, lower main veins bristly when young. Umbels solitary, inserted at the top of branches; pedicels short; flowers numerous, very small; sepals 5, with inconspicuous 5-cleft teeth; petals 5, obovate; stamens 5; ovary inferior, 5-locular, style 5, lower part united, middle part separated. Berry subglobose, only 5-shuttle, style persistent. The flowering period is from May to July. The fruit period is from June to August.

It grows in mountain shrub forest. It is distributed in Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

[collection] from June to July, cut down the stems and branches, beat them with sticks to separate the wood from the bark, and peel the bark to dry.

[herbal medicine] the dried stem bark is thin and simple, with different lengths. The intact one is 20-30 cm long, 0.7-1.2 ha m in diameter and 0.5 mm in thickness. The outer surface is yellow, densely covered with brown or light yellowish brown bristles. There are protuberant buds on the stem bark, and the internodes are 5-13 cm long. The inner surface is yellow green or gray green, smooth. It is brittle and easy to break. The gas is weak and the taste is weak. The skin is complete, clean and has no heart.

It is mainly produced in Sichuan.

[processing] wash with wine or stir fry with ginger juice and use it as medicine.

[nature and taste] it is warm, pungent and nontoxic.

[Guijing] into the liver and kidney channels.

Functions and indications: dispel wind and dampness, dredge joints, strengthen muscles and bones. Treatment of flaccid arthralgia, cramp pain, wind cold dampness arthralgia, foot and knee weakness, skin rheumatism and Yin flaccid capsule dampness. (nature and taste are listed in Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals)

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-4 yuan; soak in wine or take pills. External use: grind and apply.

[taboo] Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it should not be used when Yin deficiency and fire are strong. "