刺五加Acanthopanax Senticosus(Ru-pr.et Maxim.)Harms 是一种落叶灌木植物,与人参同属于五加科。主产于黑龙江省,吉林、辽宁、河北、山西等省也有分布,但黑龙江省小兴安岭是其分布的中心,向南往西,可经长白山、雾灵山到太行山,向北往东,可达苏联、朝鲜和日本。药用主要为根茎和根。对于五加的医疗价值,我国古代医籍早已载明有“益气疗痹”之功,具有“补中益精、坚筋骨、强志意”的作用,久服“轻身耐劳”。李时珍在《本草纲目”中写道:“五加治风湿痿痹,壮筋骨,其功良深,仙家所述,虽若过 Acanthopanax Senticosus (Ru-pr.et Maxim.) Harms is a deciduous shrub that belongs to the same family as Ginseng. Mainly produced in Heilongjiang Province, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi and other provinces are also distributed, but Xiaoxing’anling in Heilongjiang Province is the center of its distribution, south to west, through the Changbai Mountain, Wuling Mountain to the Taihang Mountains, north to east, up to the Soviet Union North Korea and Japan. Medicinal use is mainly rhizomes and roots. With regard to the medical value of Wujia, ancient medical books in China have already stated the merits of the “qi-qi therapy”, and it has the function of “supplementing Zhongyijing, strengthening bones, and strong will”, and Jiufu’s “light and hard work”. Li Shizhen wrote in the “Compendium of Materia Medica”: "Five plus cure rheumatism, strong bones and bones, its meritorious deeds, Xianjia described, although if ever