Top Quality Acanthopanacis Cortex

Acanthopanax bark is a deciduous SHRUB, 2 ~ 3 meters high. Branches unarmed or solitary flat spines at Petiole base. Palmately compound leaves alternate on long branches, clustered on short branches, leaflets usually 5, central one largest, obovate or oblanceolate, 3-8 cm long, 1-3.5 cm wide, margin obtuse serrulate, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely setose along veins, uNDERRIB axils with light brown hairs. UMBELS axillary or solitary on short branches; flowers small, calyx entire or with 5 denticulate; Petals 5, Yellowish Green; Stamens 5; ovary inferior, 2 ~ 3-loculed, style 2 ~ 3, separate. DRUPE Berrylike, subglobose, black. Seed 2, flat, small. FLORESCENCE IS 4 ~ 7 months, FRUIT IS 9 ~ 10 months. Grown on wet slopes, hills, rivers, etc; cultivated. Distributed in Hubei, Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi and other places. In the summer and autumn to dig the roots, wash, peel off the root bark, drying. Root Bark shows irregularly roll shape, long 5 ~ 15 centimeters, diameter 0.4 ~ 1.4 centimeters, thick about 0.2 centimeters. Outer Surface Grayish Brown, with slightly curved longitudinal wrinkles and long horizontal lenticels; Inner Surface Yellowish or grayish yellow, with fine longitudinal lines. Light Weight, Brittle, easy to break, irregular cross-section, gray-white. Slightly fragrant, slightly spicy and bitter taste. Sexual Taste Channel: sexual temperature, pungent, bitter. The liver Meridian and the Kidney Meridian. Efficacy and function: Dispel Rheumatism, tonify liver and kidney, strengthen muscles and bones. It is a kind of strong muscle and bone medicine for dispelling wind and dampness. Pharmacological Research: It has anti-inflammatory, anti-stress, anti-radiation effect and protective effect on hematopoiesis. It can significantly reduce the content of vitamin C in the ADRENAL gland and has the function of promoting ADRENAL CORTEX in animals. On the isolated intestinal muscle or uterus have similar excitatory effect, can make the intestinal muscle or uterus slightly increased tension, contraction range increased. It can inhibit S180 solid tumor. It has obvious antioxidation effect, which can increase the activity of Glutathione Peroxidase and the content of Lipid Peroxide. Pharmacological experiments showed that the decoction on Staphylococcus Aureus, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA has an inhibitory effect. Chemical Ingredients: stearic acid, sesamin,-sitosterol, syringin,-sitosterol glucoside, etc. . It also contains volatile oil, resin, syringin, acanthopanax Senticosus, acanthopanax sessile a, acanthopanax sessile B, acanthopanax sessile C, acanthopanax sessile D, Acanthopanax sessile k 2, Acanthopanax sessile k 3, acanthopanax Bl, rape oil sterol, 3-sitosterol, 3-glutosterol, 3-Glucoside and linolenic acid.