Acanthopanax Bark
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Acanthopanacis Cortex |
| Botanical source: Family name | Araliaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | Acanthopanax gracilistylus W.W.Smith (IPNI:89457-1) |
| Part used | Root bark |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Unknown |
| Constituents | Unknown |
| Pharmacological effects | Unknown |
| Indications | It acts as tonic, diuretic, removing dampness and painkiller. It is applied to treat waist and knee pain like a nervous pain, beriberi, wind and dampness of skin, dropsy, impotence and scrotumal itch by dampness. It is frequently used in the material of "Wujiapi-liqour" (medicinal wine). |
| Diseases | Rheumatisum, Neuralgia, Beriberi, Dropsy, Impotence, Edema |
| Formulas | |
| Meridian tropism | Liver, Kidney |
| Property | Warm |
| Flavor | Acrid/pungent |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Superior |
| TCM: Classification | Antirheumatics |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To dispel wind and remove dampness, tonify and kidney, strengthen sinew and bone, promote and lack of strength, edema, tinea pedis. |
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