Eleutherococcus senticosus (Latin name: Eleutherococcus senticosus), also known as: prickly walking stick, can walking stick, one hundred needles, tiger's scribble, Wuga ginseng, Russian ginseng, Siberian ginseng, deciduous shrubs, mainly in northeastern Asia, Siberia, the area. Its roots and rhizomes can be used as medicine.
Born in forests and roadside thickets on mountain slopes; often cultivated in medicine gardens. It is distributed in central, eastern, southern, and southwestern China. The root bark dispels wind-dampness, strengthens the muscles and bones, and is used to make five-plus-pi wine (or five-plus-pi powder). The root bark contains volatile oil, tannin, palmitic acid, linoleic acid, vitamins A, B1.