Present Day Applications:

現代應用﹕

being used in epidemic encephalitis B, early stages of dengue fever and measels.

用于流行性乙型脑炎早期，流行性出血热初期，麻疹。

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Herb Alternantherae

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

Nagaetsurunogeitou

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

hung1 sam1 lin4

Other Names:

別名﹕

Common Name:

英文名﹕

alligator weed

Distribution:

產地﹕

Beijing, Jiang su, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Yunan provinces of China.

It was originally produced in Brasil. During the invasion of China by Japanese army during 1930's, it was introduced into China as feed for horses. During the 1950's it was introduced into the some of the southern provinces of China as feed for pigs. Later it was introduced into the Yangtse River valley and other southern areas. It has become one of the worst weeds because of its invasiveness, potential for spreading, economic and environmental impacts. It invades both land and water, and is very hard to control and the fermentation of the dead plants is poisonous to fishes..

分佈在北京，江蘇，浙江，江西，湖南，湖南，四川，陝西，廣東，福建，雲南等省。

空心蓮子草原產巴西。20世纪30年代末随日軍侵 華引種至中國,起先在上海郊區栽培用作養馬飼料。20世纪50年代,中南方一些省市将其作為猪羊飼料推廣,随後又被進一步引入長江流域及南方各省。該草已成為惡性雜草,在23個省市有發生。 其適應性﹐生命力强，生長繁殖迅速，已分佈於多個省份，造成了相當程度的生態破壞和生物污染，致使農業生物多樣性 喪失，導致生態災害并影响人們健康。 其腐敗植物導致池魚大量死亡。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, cold.

性寒，味苦。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

This herb can protect the liver from damage caused by chemical or by auto-immune dysfunction.  It also possesses the effect of anti hepatitis B virus.[1]

空心蓮對化學性肝損傷和免疫性肝損傷均有保護作用。　並有一定的抗乙型肝炎病毒作用。【1】

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

The whole plant is used for promoting urination, rid of infection.

全草药用，能清热利尿，凉血解毒。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Dosage:

用量﹕

Oral: fresh herb 30 to 60 g for decoction.

External application: smash and apply or mix with honey and apply.

內服：鮮品 30 ～ 60 克。外用適量。搗爛塗敷患處或加蜜糖調敷。

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕