Eleutherococcus Senticosus Rhizome
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Market name：刺五加 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：2434 |
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Plant name：Eleutherococcus senticosus Photo location：Jilin Prov., China Photo date：2005 Photographer：K. Komatsu |
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Eleutherococci Senticosi Rhizoma |
| Botanical source: Family name | Araliaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | Eleutherococcus senticosus Maximowicz (IPNI:90431-1) |
| Part used | Rhizome, often with root. |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Not known |
| Constituents | Not known |
| Pharmacological effects | Not known |
| Indications | As a tonic, diuretic, dampness drainer and analgesic, it is applied to treat rheumatism, neuralgia and pain in lumbar and knee joints, beriberi, skin disease due to wind-dampness, edema, impotents and scrotal itching caused by excessive dampness. It is frequently used as a main ingredient for its medicinal wine. |
| Diseases | Rheumatism, Neurasthenia, Beriberi, Edema, Impotence, Edema |
| Formulas | |
| Meridian tropism | Liver, Kidney |
| Property | Warm |
| Flavor | Acrid/pungent |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Superior |
| TCM: Classification | Drugs for invigorating blood circulation |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To tonify qi and fortify the spleen, tonify the kidney and tranquilize the mind. Used for spleen-lung qi deficiency, weak constitution and lack of strength, anepithymia, dual deficiency of lung and kidney, chronic cough and dyspnea of deficiency type, limp aching in the lower back and knees caused by kidney deficiency, deficiency of heart and spleen, insomnia and dream-disturbed sleep. |
| Remarks | Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed. |
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DNA sequences of medicinal plants
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| Botanical source: Plant name | 5Ss | 18S | ITS1 | 5.8S | ITS2 | 26S | others | trnH-psbA | matK | trnK | trnK-rps16 | trnT-L | trnL | trnL-F | rbcL | rpoC1 | ndhF | others | |
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