空心苋，中药名。为苋科植物空心莲子草Alternantheraphiloxeroides(Mart.)Griseb.的全草。分布于河北、江苏、安徽、浙江、江西、福建、湖南、湖北、广西等地。具有清热凉血，解毒，利尿之功效。常用于咳血，尿血，感冒发热，麻疹，乙型脑炎，黄疸，淋浊，痄腮，湿疹，痈肿疖疮，毒蛇咬伤。
Kong-xin-xian, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. the whole plant of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. of the Amaranthaceae family, is distributed in Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, and other regions. It has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood, detoxification, and diuresis. It is commonly used for conditions such as hemoptysis, hematuria, fever with cold, measles, encephalitis B, jaundice, gonorrhea, mumps, eczema, carbuncles, and snake bites.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

清热凉血，解毒，利尿。主治
Clearing heat, cooling blood, detoxifying, and diuresis. Mainly used for治疗.

咳血，尿血，感冒发热，麻疹，乙型脑炎，黄疸，淋浊，痄腮，湿疹，痈肿疖疮，毒蛇咬伤。用法用量
Coughing up blood, blood in urine, fever from a cold, measles, viral encephalitis, jaundice, gonorrhea, mumps, eczema, boils, carbuncles, and snake bites. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，30-60g，鲜品加倍；或捣汁。外用：适量，捣敷；或捣汁涂。药理作用
Internal use: Decoction, 30-60g, double the amount for fresh herbs; or pounded into juice. External use: Apply an appropriate amount, pound and apply as a poultice; or pound into juice and apply topically. Pharmacological effects.

1、抗病毒作用。2、抗菌作用。3、保肝作用。4、对细胞免疫有增强作用。相关论述

1. Antiviral effect.2. Antibacterial effect.3. Hepatoprotective effect.4. Enhanced cellular immunity. Related discussions.

1、《广西本草选编》：“清热利尿，凉血解毒。主治感冒发热，肺结核吐血，湿疹，带状疱疹，疔疮，毒蛇咬伤。”2、《全国中草药汇编》：“治乙脑、流感初期，外用治流行性出血性结膜炎。”3、《福建药物志》：“治咳血，黄疸，淋浊，血尿，产后小便不通。”临床应用 相关配伍

1. "Guangxi Materia Medica Compilation": "Clears heat, promotes diuresis, cools blood, and detoxifies. Used to treat colds with fever, pulmonary tuberculosis with hemoptysis, eczema, herpes zoster, boils, and snake bites."2. "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines": "Used to treat early stages of Japanese encephalitis and influenza, and externally for epidemic hemorrhagic conjunctivitis."3. "Fujian Pharmacopoeia": "Used to treat hemoptysis, jaundice, gonorrhea, hematuria, and postpartum urinary retention." Clinical applications and relevant compatibility.

1、治肺结核咳血：鲜空心苋全草120g，冰糖15g。水炖服。（《福建中草药》）2、治血尿，尿路感染：空心苋、大蓟根、紫珠草各30g。水煎服。（《福建药物志》）3、治带状疱疹：鲜空心苋全草120-240g。捣烂绞汁服，渣外敷。（《福建中草药》）加工炮制 采收加工

1. Treatment of hemoptysis in pulmonary tuberculosis: 120g of fresh whole Portulaca oleracea and 15g of rock sugar. Stew in water and take orally. (From "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine")2. Treatment of hematuria and urinary tract infection: 30g each of Portulaca oleracea, burdock root, and purslane. Decoction and take orally. (From "Fujian Pharmacopoeia")3. Treatment of herpes zoster: 120-240g of fresh whole Portulaca oleracea. Crush, squeeze out the juice, take orally, and apply the residue externally. (From "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine") Processing and preparation: Harvesting and processing.

春、夏、秋季均可采收，除去杂草，洗净，鲜用或晒干用。药材鉴别 药材性状
The herb can be harvested in spring, summer, and autumn. Remove the weeds, wash it clean, and use it fresh or dry it in the sun. Identification of medicinal herbs and their characteristics.

全草长短不一。茎扁圆柱形，直径1-4mm；有纵直条纹，有的两侧沟内疏生毛茸；表面灰绿色，微带紫红色；有的粗茎节处簇生棕褐色须状根；断面中空。叶对生，皱缩，展平后叶片长圆形、长圆状倒卵形，或倒卵状披针形，长2.5-5cm，宽7-18mm，先端尖，基部楔形，全缘，绿黑色，两面均疏生短毛。偶见头状花序单生于叶腋，直径约1cm，具总花梗；花白色。气微，味微苦涩。植物学信息 植物种属
The whole plant varies in length. The stem is flat cylindrical, with a diameter of 1-4mm; it has longitudinal stripes, and some sides have sparse hairy fuzz in the grooves; the surface is grayish-green, with a slight purple-red hue; some have brownish tuft-like roots clustered at the thick stem nodes; the cross-section is hollow. The leaves are opposite, wrinkled, and elongated oval, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate-ovate after being flattened, 2.5-5cm long, 7-18mm wide, pointed at the tip, wedge-shaped at the base, with entire margins, dark green, and sparsely hairy on both sides. Occasionally, head-like flower clusters are found singly in the leaf axils, about 1cm in diameter, with a common flower stalk; the flowers are white. It has a slight aroma and a slightly bitter taste. Botanical information about the plant species.

苋科植物空心莲子草形态特征
Morphological characteristics of the Amaranthaceae plant, hollow-stemmed pigweed

空心莲子草，又名喜旱莲子草。多年生草本；茎基部匍匐，上部上升，管状，不明显4棱，长55-120厘米，具分枝，幼茎及叶腋有白色或锈色柔毛，茎老时无毛，仅在两侧纵沟内保留。叶片矩圆形、矩圆状倒卵形或倒卵状披针形，长2.5-5厘米，宽7-20毫米，顶端急尖或圆钝，具短尖，基部渐狭，全缘，两面无毛或上面有贴生毛及缘毛，下面有颗粒状突起；叶柄长3-10毫米，无毛或微有柔毛。花密生，成具总花梗的头状花序，单生在叶腋，球形，直径8-15毫米；苞片及小苞片白色，顶端渐尖，具1脉；苞片卵形，长2-2.5毫米，小苞片披针形，长2毫米；花被片矩圆形，长5-6毫米，白色，光亮，无毛，顶端急尖，背部侧扁；雄蕊花丝长2.5-3毫米，基部连合成杯状；退化雄蕊矩圆状条形，和雄蕊约等长，顶端裂成窄条；子房倒卵形，具短柄，背面侧扁，顶端圆形。果实未见。花期5-10月。分布区域
Hollowstem Nutgrass, also known as Happy Nutgrass, is a perennial herbaceous plant. The base of the stem is creeping, while the upper part is erect, cylindrical, not distinctly 4-angled, 55-120 centimeters long, with branches. The young stems and leaf axils have white or rust-colored soft hairs, which disappear as the stem ages, leaving only the longitudinal grooves on both sides. The leaf blades are rectangular, rectangular-ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-5 centimeters long, 7-20 millimeters wide, with an acute or obtuse apex, short-pointed, gradually narrowing at the base, entire margin, hairless on both sides or with appressed hairs and marginal hairs on the upper side, and granular protrusions on the lower side. The leaf stalk is 3-10 millimeters long, hairless or slightly hairy. The flowers are densely clustered, forming head-like inflorescences with peduncles, solitary in leaf axils, spherical, 8-15 millimeters in diameter. The bracts and bracteoles are white, gradually pointed at the apex, with 1 vein; bracts are ovate, 2-2.5 millimeters long, and bracteoles are lanceolate, 2 millimeters long. The tepals are rectangular, 5-6 millimeters long, white, shiny, hairless, acute at the apex, laterally compressed on the back; stamens have filaments 2.5-3 millimeters long, fused at the base to form a cup; degenerate stamens are rectangular-linear, about the same length as the stamens, and split into narrow strips at the apex; ovary is ovate, with a short stalk, laterally compressed on the back, and rounded at the apex. Fruits are not observed. The flowering period is from May to October. Distribution area.

河北、江苏、安徽、浙江、江西、福建、湖南、湖北、广西等地。原产巴西。生长环境
Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi and other places. Originally from Brazil. Growing environment.

生于水沟、池塘及田野荒地等处。
Born in ditches, ponds, and wastelands in the fields.