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After the young fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa is soaked and dried in the shade, it becomes the traditional Chinese medicine Evodia rutaecarpa, abbreviated as Wuyu. It is a bitter stomachic and analgesic, and is also used as a drug against roundworms. It is hot in nature and bitter and pungent in taste, with the effects of dispelling cold and relieving pain, and lowering rebellious qi and stopping vomiting, and is used to treat symptoms such as headache or stomach duct pain caused by deficiency-cold of the liver and stomach and upward rebellion of yin turbidity.
Wild ginger is also known as Nanhuangjing and Shanjing. It is a plant of the genus Polygonatum in the Liliaceae family. It is distributed in all provinces south of Henan and in the Yangtze River basin, east to Fujian, south to northern Guangdong, and west to Sichuan. It is produced in Yixing, Jurong, and Jiangpu in Jiangsu. It is a perennial herb, 40-80 cm tall, with rhizomes often enlarged in a nodular shape. The leaves are oblong. The inflorescence is axillary, umbel-like, with greenish-white flowers, and the tips of the filaments are slightly raised and sac-like. The flowering period is April to May. The berry is spherical and black, and the fruiting period is August to September. It has medicinal value. It improves the body's immune function; enhances myocardial contractility; lowers blood lipids; lowers blood sugar; delays aging; resists pathogenic microorganisms; improves hypoxia tolerance, etc.
The root bark dispels wind-dampness and strengthens the bones and muscles, and is soaked in liquor to make Wujiapi liquor (or made into Wujiapi powder). Acanthopanax senticosus has a long history of widespread use as a medicine in Chinese medicine and pharmacology, with the effects of "tonifying the center and boosting essence, strengthening the bones and muscles, and fortifying the will," and taken over a long period it can "lighten the body and resist aging," and when combined with other medicines it can also "improve appetite, strengthen physical strength, and prevent forgetfulness." In addition, Lei Jiao's "Treatise on the Preparation and Roasting of Drugs" records that Wujiapi has the effect that "for yang people it makes them yin, for yin people it makes them yang." Foreign research has conducted relatively systematic studies on ginseng and its closely related plant Acanthopanax senticosus, proving that Acanthopanax senticosus and ginseng have similar pharmacological effects and clinical efficacy.