连蕊茶，中药名。为山茶科植物毛花连蕊茶CamelliafraternaHance的根、叶、花。分布于江苏、安徽、浙江、江西、福建等地。具有清热解毒消肿之功效。常用于痈肿疮疡，咽喉肿痛，跌打损伤。
Lian-rui-cha, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. It refers to the roots, leaves, and flowers of Camellia fraterna Hance, a plant of the Theaceae family. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and other places. It has the functions of clearing heat, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. It is often used for treating abscesses, sores, throat swelling and pain, as well as bruises and injuries.

功效作用 Efficacy and Functions

清热解毒，消肿。
Clearing heat, detoxifying, and reducing swelling.

主治 Indications

痈肿疮疡，咽喉肿痛，跌打损伤。
Boils, swellings, sores, and ulcers, sore throat, and bruises.

用法用量 Dosage and Administration

内服：煎汤，9-15g。外用：适量，鲜品捣敷。
Internal use: Decoction, 9-15g. External use: Appropriate amount, fresh product mashed for application.

临床应用 Clinical Application

1、治痈肿溃烂：鲜连蕊茶叶、鲜榔榆叶等量。捣烂，外敷。（《浙江药用植物志》）

1. Treatment for abscesses, swelling, and ulcers: Fresh Lianruicha leaves and fresh Langyu leaves in equal amounts. Crush them into a paste and apply externally. (From "Zhejiang Medicinal Plants Compendium")

2、治风火喉痛：连蕊茶花12-15g。水煎，冲白糖服。（《浙江药用植物志》）
2. Treatment for sore throat due to wind-heat: 12-15g of Lianruicha flowers. Decoct in water, add white sugar, and take orally. (From "Zhejiang Medicinal Plants Compendium")

3、治跌打损伤：连蕊茶根12-15g。水煎服。（《浙江药用植物志》）
3. Treatment for bruises and injuries from falls: 12-15g of Lianruicha roots. Decoct in water and take orally. (From "Zhejiang Medicinal Plants Compendium")

加工炮制 Processing and Preparation

采收加工：根、叶，全年均可采，根切片，晒干，叶鲜用；花，春季采集，晒干。
Harvesting and processing: Roots and leaves can be harvested all year round. Roots should be sliced and dried in the sun, while leaves are used fresh. Flowers are collected in spring and dried.

植物学信息 Botanical Information

植物种属：山茶科植物毛花连蕊茶。
Camellia sinensis var. pubilimba, a plant in the Theaceae family.

形态特征 Morphological Characteristics

灌木或小乔木，高1-5米，嫩枝密生柔毛或长丝毛。叶革质，椭圆形，长4-8厘米，宽1.5-3.5厘米，先端渐尖而有钝尖头，基部阔楔形，上面干后深绿色，发亮，下面初时有长毛，以后变秃，仅在中脉上有毛，侧脉5-6对，在上下两面均不明显，边缘有相隔1.5-2.5毫米的钝锯齿，叶柄长3-5毫米，有柔毛。花常单生于枝顶，花柄长3-4毫米，有苞片4-5片；苞片阔卵形，长1-2.5毫米，被毛；萼杯状，长4-5毫米，萼片5片，卵形，有褐色长丝毛；花冠白色，长2-2.5厘米，基部与雄蕊连生达5毫米，花瓣5-6片，外侧2片革质，有丝毛，内侧3-4片阔倒卵形，先端稍凹入，背面有柔毛或稍秃净；雄蕊长1.5-2厘米，无毛，花丝管长为雄蕊的2/3；子房无毛，花柱长1.4-1.8厘米，先端3浅裂，裂片长仅1-2毫米。蒴果圆球形，直径1.5厘米，1室，种子1个，果壳薄革质。花期4-5月。
Shrubs or small trees, 1-5 meters tall, with tender branches densely covered with soft hairs or long silky hairs. The leaves are leathery, elliptic, 4-8 cm long, 1.5-3.5 cm wide, gradually tapering to a blunt tip at the apex, with a broad wedge-shaped base. The upper surface is dark green and shiny when dry, initially hairy underneath, later becoming bald, with hairs only on the midrib, 5-6 pairs of lateral veins, not prominent on both sides, and margins with blunt serrations spaced 1.5-2.5 mm apart. Leaf stalks are 3-5 mm long, with soft hairs. Flowers usually solitary at the branch tips, with flower stalks 3-4 mm long, and 4-5 bracts; bracts are broadly ovate, 1-2.5 mm long, hairy; calyx cup-shaped, 4-5 mm long, with 5 ovate sepals covered in brown long silky hairs; corolla white, 2-2.5 cm long, fused with stamens for up to 5 mm at the base, with 5-6 petals, 2 outer ones leathery with silky hairs, 3-4 inner ones broadly inverted ovate, slightly concave at the apex, with soft hairs or slightly bald on the back; stamens 1.5-2 cm long, hairless, with the filament tube 2/3 the length of the stamen; ovary hairless, style 1.4-1.8 cm long, with 3 shallow lobes at the tip, each lobe only 1-2 mm long. Capsules are spherical, 1.5 cm in diameter, 1-celled, with 1 seed, and thin leathery fruit shell. Flowering period is April to May.

分布区域 Distribution Area

分布于江苏、安徽、浙江、江西、福建等地。
Distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other regions.

生长环境 Growing Environment

生于海拔150-500m的山地疏林中，以及山谷、林缘。
Born in sparse forests at an altitude of 150-500 meters above sea level, as well as in valleys and forest edges.