Sambucus Sambucus, also known as Sambucus Sambucus, is a perennial shrub and herb, with a height of 2 meters, an angular stem (about eight edges) that is easily broken, including pith, and the stem block lies underground. Leaves opposite, odd pinnate compound leaves, like shrubs born on the edge of the village and under the forest, and also cultivated. It is produced all over the country.

Indications: promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, expelling wind and activating collaterals, sweating and diuresis, and can be used for traumatic injury, rheumatic pain, dislocation, nephritis edema, beriberi edema and urticaria.

Its ingredients include chlorogenic acid, α-oleoresin palmitate, ursolic acid, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, rape sterol, potassium nitrate, flavone, tannin, etc. Ursolic acid contained in it has obvious anti-liver injury effect, which can obviously reduce the increase of glutamate aminotransferase (SGPT) in rats with acute liver injury caused by carbon tetrachloride, and its clinical effect in treating viral hepatitis is clear. Can be used for treating leptospirosis; Has analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, and can be used for treating postoperative pain.

Medicinal whole grass, dispensing to treat gill rot, enteritis, erythroderma and so on. Medicinal rhizome, mashed and applied, can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, connect bones and tendons, and can be used for various traumatic injuries. There is a folk saying that "if you hit the ground, you will be afraid of numbness." Some people call it "Elderberry". As the name implies, it seems that even if you accidentally break your leg, as long as you have "Sambucus williamsii", there will be no big problem. In people's minds, Illicium verum can rival Yunnan Baiyao. At the same time, some areas say that "you can't take (lift) your feet, just eat eight-sided hemp." Thus, it is considered to be a famous herbal medicine for treating traumatic injury and rheumatic bone pain, especially for lower limbs.