PACKED SUBSTANCE OF ACANTHOPANAX SENTICOSUS HARM.

摘要

PURPOSE:The titled packed substance, obtained by cutting collected tree of Acanthopanax senticosus Harm. into chips, drying them, packing them into a container having impermeability to oxygen, putting an oxygen absorbent in the container, sealing up hermetically them within the container. CONSTITUTION:A collected tree of Acanthophanax senticosus Harm. is washed with water, dehydrated, cut into coarse chips. They are dried a heating dryer, the dried chips are packed into a container having impermeability to oxygen, preferably a bag consisting of a plastic film having impermeability to oxygen, an oxygen absorbent is put in the container, they are hermetically sealed up within the container, to give a packed substance of Acanthophanax senticosus Harm. having no change in quality even it is preserved for a long period, not lowering medicinal effect of Acanthophanax senticosus Harm. of its own. In this case, even if a wood part with leaves is made into chips, the chips can be packaged in a state where blue leaves are stored as they are, and can be preserved. When the wood part is cut into chips, it is cut by a cutter with about 5mm. blade intervals, and preferably the chips essentially consist of chips with 1-5mm. thickness and about 5-20mm. square.