Lindera aggregata (Wuyao)

Distribution:
Distribution: Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi.

The herb is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Hunan, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi provinces of China.
 
Properties (characteristics):
Acrid, warm.
　　
Channels (meridians) entered:
Lung, spleen, kidney, bladder.

Medical functions:
Medical functions:
increases or decreases peristalsis of digestive tract,
expels intestinal gas,
shrinks urine,
analgesic,
anti-inflammatory,
prevents or stops vomiting,
promote perspiration (diaphoretic),
stimulates sympathetic nervous system ,
hypertensive,
arrests bleeding,
increases metabolism,
antibiotic,
anti-viral,
induces interferon

Actions & Indications:
For treatment of flatulence and pain, frequent urination, enuresis, (bed wetting), hernia, dysmenorrhea, Irregular Menstruation.

Chemical ingredients:
hydrocarbon,
ester
acidic sesquiterpenoids 
linderol (borneol) 
α-terpinene 
isolinderoxide
linderene　
isogermafurene 
linderane
linderalactone 
isolinderalactone 
neolinderalactone 
hydroxylindestrenolide
lindenenone 
laurolitsine  
isogermafurenolid
hyroxylisogermafurenolid 
epidihydroisolinderalactone 
macrocyclic sesquiterpenoids 
lindestrene 
lindestrenolide 
linderenol 
linderoxide 
isolinderoxide 
linderenone 
hydroxylindestrenolide 
 
Dosage:
Oral, for decoction: 3～10 g.

Cautions:
Not to use in cases of qixu (qi deficient)  or with yinxu (yin deficient).