Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. [Araliaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acanthopanacis senticosi radix et rhizoma seu caulis	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
borstige fingeraralie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
buisson du diable	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
chi wu cha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ci wu jia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
ciwujia	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ciwujia jingao	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
ciwujia pian	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
devil's bush	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
devil's shrub	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
dikij perec	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eleuterococco	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
eleuterococo, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
eleuthero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eleuthero root	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
eleuthero root and rhizome	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
eleutherococc	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eleutherococci radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Eleuthrococcus senticosus, rad. (2006) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
eleutherococci senticosi rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
eleutherococcus	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
eleutherococcus root	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Eleuthrococcus senticosus, rad. (2006)
eleutherococcus senticosus rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
eleutherococcus-senticosus-wurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
eleutherococoque	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eleutherokokk koljucij	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eleuthrococcus	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Eleuthrococcus senticosus, rad. (2006)
extractum acanthopanacis senticosi	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
ezo-kogi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ezoukogi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gashi ohgap	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gasiogalpinamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ginseng	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ginseng de sibérie	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ginseng siberiano	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
ginseng, siberian	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
hongmao-wujiapi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
many prickle acanthopanax	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
manyprickle acanthopanax	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
manyprickle acanthopanax extract	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
manyprickle acanthopanax root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
manyprickle acanthopanax tablets	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
paektusan acanthopanax senticosus	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
pai wu cha pi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
prickly eleutherococc	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
prickly eleutherococcus	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
radix acanthopanacis senticosi	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
radix eleutherococci	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
radix et rhizoma seu caulis acanthopanacis senticosi	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
russian ginseng	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
rysk rot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shigoka	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
siberian ginseng	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
siberian-ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sibirischer ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stachelkraftwurz	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
stachelpanax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
svobodnojagodnik koljučij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tabellae acanthopanacis senticosi	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
taiga root	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
taigawurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
thorny ginseng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
thorny russian pepperbush	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
touch-me-not	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tsu wu cha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ussurian thorny pepperbush	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild pepper	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
wu cha seng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
wu jia pi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
wucha sang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
éleutherocoque	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
éleuthéracoque	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
čertov kust	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
シゴカ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
刺五加	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
백두산	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root, stem	dried root and rhizome or stem	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
underground parts		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Eleuthrococcus senticosus, rad. (2006)
root, rhizome		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rizoma	Rizoma desecado	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome with roots	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Radix, Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Bark		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Root with Rhizome, Root, Rhizome		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root		Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
root, root with rhizome, rhizome, root bark		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
rhizome, roots		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
root, rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root	dried root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
root, rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome, root, stem	dried root and rhizome or stem	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root	dried, whole or cut underground organs	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
underground parts	dried, whole or cut underground organs	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
underground parts	Dried, whole or cut underground organs	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome with roots	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
root, rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
órganos subterráneos	órganos subterráneos secos, enteros o cortados	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 50 (1897).
Acanthopanax asperatus Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 378 (1878).
Acanthopanax senticosus var. brevistamineus S.F.Gu Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 13(2): 118 (1993).
Acanthopanax senticosus f. inermis (Kom.) Harms Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 27: 8 (1918).
Acanthopanax senticosus f. subinermis (Regel) Harms Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 27: 8 (1918).
Acanthopanax senticosus var. subinermis (Regel) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 471 (1979).
Eleutherococcus asperatus (Franch. & Sav.) Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 52 (1939).
Eleutherococcus koreanus Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 16: 32 (1927).
Eleutherococcus senticosus f. inermis Kom. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 25: 121 (1905).
Eleutherococcus senticosus f. subinermis Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 73 (1861).
Hedera senticosa Rupr. & Maxim. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 15: 134 (1856).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acanthopanax senticoccus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acanthopanax senticosus	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. Et Maxi-m.) Harms	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. Et Maxim.) Harms	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. et Maxim.) Harms	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. ex Maxim.) Harms	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Acanthopanax senticosus Harms	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acanthoponax senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eleutherococcus senticosus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr et Maxim) Maxim	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. and Maxim.) Maxim.	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. et Maxim.) Maxim.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. ex Maxim.) Maxim.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr.&Maxim.) Maxim	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Ruprecht et Maximowicz) Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Ruprecht ex Maxim.) Maxim.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Eleutherococcus senticosus Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Eleutherococcus-senticosus Ruprecht et Maximovich	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Eleutherococus senticosus (Rupr. et Maxim.)	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
Eleutherococus senticosus Maxim.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Eleuthrococcus senticosus (Rupr. et Maxim.) Maxim.	EMA Com. Monog.: Eleuthrococcus senticosus, rad. (2006)

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