刺五加(Acanthoparax senticosug Harms.)是我国近年来发掘并得到广泛应用的一种林产药材。它分布于我国东北,尤以小兴安岭、张广才岭、老爷岭、完达山等林区为多,生长在次生林下,植物形态为灌木。茎常被密刺,有少数较直的分枝。小叶五枚,有时三枚,纸质,上面有毛或无毛,幼叶下面沿脉有淡褐色毛,有特异香气,味辛与稍苦、带涩、无毒。每年春秋两季,采挖根和根状茎入药。刺五加在祖国医药中早已应用,历代本草及医书都有记载。《神农本草经》把“五加”列为上品。《本草纲目》称此为“五叶交加者为良,故名五加,又称五花”。我国 Acanthoparax senticosug Harms. is a kind of forestry medicinal material excavated and widely used in China in recent years. It is distributed in the northeast of China, especially in Xiaoxing’anling, Zhangguangcailing, Laoyeiling, Wandashan and other forest areas. It grows under the secondary forest and its plant form is shrubs. The stems are often thorny and there are a few straight branches. Leaflets five, sometimes three, papery, hairy or glabrous above, young leaves along the veins with light brown hairs, with specific aromas, spicy and slightly bitter, with astringent, non-toxic. In the spring and autumn of each year, roots and rhizomes are used as medicine. Acanthopanax has long been used in the motherland medicine and has been documented throughout the history of herbal medicine and medical books. The “Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing” lists “Five Plus” as a top grade. The “Compendium of Materia Medica” calls this “the five-leaf contributors are good people, hence the name Wujia, also known as the five flowers.” My country