Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Fructus Akebiae
Botanical name: 學名﹕	Akebia quinata(Thunb.)Decne.三葉木通 A.trifoliata(Thunb.)koidz.﹐ 白木通 A.trifoliata(Thunb.)Koidz.var.australis (Diels) Rehd.
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕
Other Names: 別名﹕	yu zhi zi, ba yue za, ye xiang jiao 預 知 子 ﹐ 八月炸、八月札、野香蕉。
Common Name: 英文名﹕	Akebia Fruit
Distribution: 產地﹕	Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shandong, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan. 分 佈 於 河北﹐ 河南﹐ 山西﹐ 山 東 ﹐ 安 徽 ﹐ 浙江﹐ 江西﹐ 湖南﹐ 湖 北﹐ 廣 東 ﹐ 陝 西 ﹐ 甘 肅 ﹐ 雲 南 ﹐ 貴 州 ﹐ 四川等省。
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	slightly cold, bitter. 性微寒，味苦。
Channels (meridians) entered:   歸經﹕	Liver, stomach. 肝，胃。
Medical functions: 藥理﹕	利尿、消炎及抗腫瘤作用。
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	red urine and difficulty in urination, gonorrhea, edema, warm and discomfort in chest area, painful throat, achy body, amenorrhea, mother's milk not flowing smoothly. 疏肝理气，散结止痛。用於小便赤澀﹐ 淋濁﹐ 水腫﹐ 胸中煩熱﹐ 喉痹咽痛﹐ 遍身 拘痛﹐ 婦女經閉﹐ 乳汁不通
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	Stems contain stigmasterol. Roots contain saponins （akebin）A、B、C、D、E、F、G, which after hydrolysis oleanolic acid, glucose and rhamnose were obtained. The herb also contain glycerin stearate, and linolenic acid glyceride 莖含豆甾醇等。根含 木通皂甙（akebin）A、B、C、D、E、F、G，水解後得齊墩果酸及葡萄糖、鼠李糖。另含油酸甘油酯、亞麻酸甘油酯等。
Dosage: 用量﹕	3 to 9 g. 3 ~ 9 克。
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕	No historical clinical record that mentioned toxicity that has been found. 歷代臨床未有毒性記載。