Chinese

		Eleutherococcus senticosus
simp. and trad. (刺五加浸膏)		刺五加	浸膏

Noun

刺五加浸膏

1. An alcoholic extract of Manyprickle Acanthopanax (Acanthopanacis Senticosi) that is used in traditional Chinese medicine "to reinforce qi, to invigorate the function of the spleen and the kidney, and to calm the nerves when there is hypofunction of the spleen and the kidney marked by general weakness, lassitude, anorexia, aching of the loins and knees, or insomnia and dream-disturbed sleep."

References

• State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7117069821.