Pictures of Acanthopanax senticosus

Acanthopanax senticosus, also known as Acanthopanax senticosus bark and Acanthopanax senticosus (Northeast China), was first commonly seen in Shennong's Herbal Classic and was listed as a fine product. A good product is one that is non-toxic and can benefit the body, prolong life and cause no harm when taken for a long time. Since ancient times, Acanthopanax has been regarded as a panacea that can replenish essence, nourish the kidneys, and delay aging. The product is called Acanthopanax ginseng, which is originally produced in the mountainous area of ​​Heilongjiang Province. The local name of the area is commonly known as "Tiger Lion Lao". In Japan, it is called Yezo Acanthopanax ginseng, and in the former Soviet Union it is called West Siberian ginseng.

In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" called Acanthopanax senticosus, and the ones with five leaves intertwined were the best, so they were called Acanthopanax, also known as Wuhua. Wujia Gan can treat rheumatism and strengthen bones and tendons. It has profound effects. People would rather have a handful of Wujia Gan than a carriage full of gold and jade. There is a saying that "the taste of wine can be made from the content of articles, and the price of herbs can be ignored if gold is used to buy them", which highly praises Wujia Gan. "Famous Doctors' Records" believes that Eucommia ulmoides has the effects of tonifying the middle, benefiting the kidney, strengthening bones and tendons, and strengthening faith. Acanthopanax is described in the "Book of Practical Nourishing Chinese Medicine" as a Qi-tonifying medicine, which has the effects of nourishing yin, nourishing blood, and strengthening the weak. It can be used to prevent or treat the symptoms of weak and cold constitution, nourish the body, maintain health, and prolong life.

The role of Acanthopanax senticosus

1. Function

Acanthopanax, tastes spicy, bitter, slightly sweet and warm in nature. It enters the liver meridian and spleen meridian. Relieve rheumatism; replenish deficiency; strengthen tendons and bones; activate blood circulation. It is used to treat arthralgia caused by wind, cold and dampness; pain in the waist and knees; atrophy of bones and tendons; delayed walking in children; deficiency of qi and blood; bruises; fractures; edema; athlete's foot; and dampness and itching under the genitals.

"Ben Jing": "It is used to treat hernia, abdominal pain, nourishing blood and curing lameness, children cannot walk, carbuncle and ulcer."

"Bie Lu": "It can treat male impotence, subscrotal dampness, urine dripping, female vulva itching and waist and spine pain, pain in both feet, rheumatism, weakness, weakness of the five meridians, soften the liver and kidney, strengthen bones and tendons, and strengthen will."

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat rheumatism, paralysis and strengthen bones and tendons."

"Medicinal Properties": "It can break up cold blood in the limbs, limbs not moving, wind-induced injuries, weak feet, buttocks and waist, treat blood stasis in the skin and muscles for many years, treat arthralgia and dampness, treat weakness, and children under three years old cannot walk."

"New Materia Medica": "It can relieve cough, resolve phlegm and dampness, protect and benefit the kidneys, remove wind and eliminate water, treat beriberi and back pain, and cure sores, scabies and other poisons."

"Rihuazi Materia Medica": "clears the eyes, warms the yang, treats stroke and joint spasms, and replenishes the five kinds of fatigue and seven kinds of injuries."

Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine: "It can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and reduce swelling. It can treat rheumatoid arthritis, scrotal eczema, trauma, edema and urinary incontinence.

"Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "It can treat bruises, fractures, sores, and dengue fever."

(II) Celebrity Explanations

"Classification of Medicinal Properties"

Pain and numbness in both feet are caused by rheumatism. Acanthopanax cortex is bitter, pungent and dispersing, and can treat rheumatism. "Medicine Treatise" says that it can break up cold blood in the limbs. To break up the cold blood in the limbs is to cure arthritis. Danxi's method of adding and subtracting within ten to treat rheumatic foot pain says that if the pain is severe, add Acanthopanax elegans bark. This shows how effective it is in expelling bad blood.

《Ben Cao Qiu Zhen》

Acanthopanax Cortex: Beriberi is caused by wind, rheumatism and cold. If wind prevails, bones and tendons will become stiff. When dampness prevails, the tendons and meridians become loose and loose, young men will have impotence and wet scrotum, women will have itchy vulva and female worms, and children will have weak legs. When the cold prevails, the blood vessels become stagnant, the bones and tendons become painful, and the feet become unable to move. Taking this medicine is pungent and warm. The spiciness can smooth the qi and stop coughing and reduce phlegm. The bitterness can strengthen the bones and benefit the kidneys. The warmth can dispel wind and overcome dampness. It can cure blood stasis on the skin and cold evil in the bones and tendons. When the dampness goes away, the bones become strong, and when the wind goes away, the tendons become strong. But is there any reason for the foot to be installed properly? But although this is a medicine for treating feet, it still has the problem of suppressing the qi and suppressing the spleen. It is necessary to combine it with nourishing and health-preserving medicines, so that it can be used for a long time without causing any changes.

"Records of Materia Medica"

Acanthopanax cortex is suitable for treating chronic rheumatism in the lower abdomen. If rheumatism attacks the skin surface, it is not its responsibility. The ancient recipes often involve soaking the medicine in wine to make wine, and then mixing the wine with the powder for consumption to take effect. Heart hernia in the lower abdomen is a tangible manifestation of cold, while lung heat causing paralysis is a manifestation of heat. Ben Jing treats both of them. Acanthopanax bark is pungent and warm in nature, and is good at eliminating dampness. To transform the dampness of the yin is to drive away the wind of the yang. When the wind goes away, the heat goes away; when the dampness goes away, the cold goes away. That is, the treatment of scrotal dampness, vulvar itching, residual urine, pain and numbness in the waist and legs, wind weakness, and the five kinds of slowness in "Bielu" can all be based on this.