Medicinal Value of Northeast Elderberry

The medicinal parts of elderberry are mainly its stems and branches and leaves. It is mainly produced in Jiangsu or Fujian and Sichuan. Its medicinal value is relatively high. It can effectively relieve pain, and its analgesic effect is second only to morphine. It can also avoid the side effects of taking drugs such as morphine and analgesia. It can also act as a diuretic and treat some rheumatic pain problems.

Elderberry《*Dictionary》

[Source] "Tang Materia Medica"

【Pinyin name】 Jiē Gǔ Mù

[Other names] Artemisia selengensis (Tang Materia Medica), Jointed bone herb (Lücanyan Materia Medica), Xugumu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Qianqianhuo (Benjing Fengyuan), Seven-leafed Huangjing, Fanggunxing, Shanhupei (Wang Lianshi's Book of Collecting Medicinal Herbs), Tiegusan (Illustrated Catalogue of Plant Names and Realities), Jiegudan (Herbal Prescriptions), Seven-leafed Jin, Penicillium truncatum (Fujian Folk Herbs), Jiegufeng (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica).

[Source] It is the stems and branches of the elderberry plant of the Caprifoliaceae family. Available all year round.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on sunny hillsides or cultivated in gardens. Distributed in Northeast China, North China, Central China, East China, and west to Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places. It is mainly produced in Jiangsu. In addition, it is also produced in Fujian, Sichuan, Guangxi, Zhejiang and other places.

[Properties] Dried stems and branches are mostly processed into oblique cross-sectioned slices, which are long oval in shape, 2 to 6 cm long and about 3 mm thick. The bark is intact or peeling, green-brown in appearance, with longitudinal stripes and brown-black dot-like protruding lenticels; the wood is yellow-white, with obvious annular growth rings, and fine white medullary threads radiating outward, with a fine texture; the pith is usually brown, intact or withered and hollow, spongy, and easy to crack. Light weight, weak smell. The best ones are those with complete, yellow-white color and no impurities.

[Pharmacological action] Intragastric administration of 20 g (raw drug)/kg of elderberry decoction has an analgesic effect on mice (hot plate method). The intensity of the effect is second only to morphine and better than metamizole. The mice were in a quiet state after taking the medicine. The water or alcohol extracts of the same genus plant, Sambucus sessile, injected into mice have a diuretic effect, which is not caused by the inorganic salts contained in it; diuresis also often causes diarrhea in mice.

The above is an introduction to the medicinal value and efficacy of elderberry. After understanding these contents and efficacy, we can know more about the role of elderberry, which can help relieve pain and calm the nerves, quickly get rid of the damage caused by the disease to the health, and it is also the best choice of diuretic medicine.