Wujiapi Araliaceae small deciduous shrub slender columns and sessile five plus five plus dried root bark. Also known as white thorn, head bones, Herd make South Wujiapi so on. Mainly produced in Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Sichuan and other places. By the middle of Hubei to "southern Wujiapi" best quality. Wujiapi medicine has rheumatism, liver and kidney, strong bones and other effects. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "rheumatism paralysis, strong bones" of modern research, the product also has anti-tumor, anti-fatigue, reduce blood viscosity, prevent the formation of atherosclerosis and other effects. Wujiapi easy to use, decoction, into pills, powder or soaked in wine can be, but wang caution.
Taste: acrid, bitter, warm. The liver and kidney. Efficacy: rheumatism; liver or kidney; strong bones; live blood. For wind musculoskeletal; waist pain; muscles atrophy soft; children line late; physically weak frail; bruises; fracture; edema; beriberi; wet vaginal itch.
Five plus fine column containing clove root bark glycosides (syringin), Eleutherosides (eleutheroside) B1, that is, given different spring skin -α-D- glucoside (isofraxidin- α-D-glucoside), right-handed Sesamin (sesamin), 16α- hydroxy - (-) - kauri -19- acid [16α-hydroxy - (-) - kauran-19-oic acid) [2], β- sitosterol(Β-sitosterol), β- sitosterol glucoside (β-sitosterol glucoside), stearic acid (stearc acid) [1] [1], palmitic acid (palmitic acid), linolenic acid (linolenic acid) and vitamin A, B1, etc. [3]. Also contains volatile stains, there are 4-methyl-salicylaldehyde (4-methyl salicylaldehyde) and other ingredients.
Sessile five plus roots and root bark containing L-sesamin, L sprinkle Weining (savinin), also contain sessile five plus glycosides (acanthoside) A, B, C, D, K2, K3 [5-7], where a and saponin glycosides C structure is unclear, saponin glycosides B and D are clove phenol resin (syrinaresinol) single-glucoside and double-glucoside, they all belong to the class lignans, glycosides K2 and K3 are belong glycosides triterpenoids. Also containing β- sitosterol, daucosterol (daucosterin (that is, β- sitosterol glucoside, stigmasterol (stig-masterol), Levin oil sterols (campesterol), depth of polysaccharides and basic polysaccharides, cardiac glycosides and trace volatile oil.