麒麟尾，中药名。为天南星科植物麒麟叶Epipremnumpinnatum(L.)Engl.[PothospinnataL.;RhaphidophorapinnataSchott]的茎叶或根。分布于台湾、广东、海南、广西、云南等地。具有清热凉血，活血散瘀，解毒消肿之功效。常用于感冒发热，鼻衄，目赤肿痛，百日咳，跌打损伤，骨折，风湿痹痛，痰火瘰疬，痈疖，毒蛇咬伤。
Qi-lin-wei, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. The stem, leaves, or roots of Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl. [synonym: Pothos pinnata L.; Rhaphidophora pinnata Schott], a plant in the Araceae family. It is distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, and other places. It is known for its effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, detoxification, and reducing swelling. It is commonly used for conditions such as fever and cold, epistaxis, red and painful eyes, whooping cough, bruises, fractures, rheumatic pain, phlegm-heat lumps, carbuncles, and snake bites.

功效作用 Efficacy and Functions

清热凉血，活血散瘀，解毒消肿。
Clearing heat and cooling blood, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, detoxifying and reducing swelling.

主治 Indications

用于感冒发热，鼻衄，目赤肿痛，百日咳，跌打损伤，骨折，风湿痹痛，痰火瘰疬，痈疖，毒蛇咬伤。
Used for fever, nosebleeds, red and swollen eyes with pain, whooping cough, bruises, fractures, rheumatic pain, phlegm-heat carbuncle, boils, and snake bites.

用法用量 Dosage and Administration

内服：煎汤，9-15g，鲜品30-60g；或炖肉服。外用：适量。煎水洗；或捣敷；或研粉撒。
Internal use: decoction, 9-15g dried herb, 30-60g fresh herb; or stewed with meat. External use: appropriate amount. Decoction for washing; or pounded for application; or ground into powder for sprinkling.

药理作用 Pharmacological Actions

治疗跌打损伤肿痛，风湿性关节炎，外伤出血和小儿营养不良等。
Treatment for bruises, swelling, and pain from falls and injuries, rheumatoid arthritis, external bleeding from trauma, and malnutrition in children, among others.

相关论述 Related Discussions

1.《梧州草药及常见病多发病处方选》：“清肝凉血，消肿解毒。治目赤肿痛，鼻衄；外用治痈疽疮疖，阴囊红肿，乳疮。”

1. "Selection of Wuzhou Herbal Medicine and Common Disease Prescription": "Clears liver, cools blood, reduces swelling, and detoxifies. Used to treat red, swollen, and painful eyes, nosebleeds; externally used to treat abscesses, sores, boils, swollen scrotum, and breast sores."

2.《广西植物名录》：“根、藤活血散瘀，清热利湿，消肿止痛。治跌打，骨折，蛇伤，痈疖，百日咳，目痛，鼻衄等。”
2. "Guangxi Plant Catalog": "The roots and vines promote blood circulation, dispel stasis, clear heat, promote diuresis, reduce swelling, and alleviate pain. Used to treat bruises, fractures, snake bites, abscesses, boils, whooping cough, eye pain, nosebleeds, etc."

临床应用 Clinical Applications

1. 治风湿痹痛，跌打损伤：（麒麟尾）全株9-15g，水煎或炖猪骨服；或浸酒内服外搽。（《广西本草选编》）

2. For treating rheumatism and pain, as well as injuries from falls or blows: (Qilinwei) 9-15g of the whole plant, decocted in water or stewed with pig bones for oral administration; or soaked in alcohol for internal consumption and external application. (From "Compilation of Guangxi Materia Medica")

3. 治跌打损伤：万丈深15-30g，泡酒500g。每次服18g。

4. For treating injuries from falls or blows: 15-30g of Wanzhangshen, soaked in 500g of alcohol. Take 18g each time.

5. 治骨折：万丈深适量，小鸡1只。共捶烂包患处。（2-3方出自《贵州草药》）

6. For treating fractures: Wanzhangshen in appropriate amount, and 1 small chicken. Crush together and apply to the affected area. (The 2nd and 3rd prescriptions are from "Guizhou Herbal Medicine")

7. 治外伤出血：（麒麟尾）根研粉，撒布患处。（《广西本草选编》）

8. For treating external bleeding: (Qilinwei) roots ground into powder and sprinkled on the affected area. (From "Compilation of Guangxi Materia Medica")

9. 治干瘦：万丈深6-9g。以砂糖为引，蒸服。（《贵州草药》）

10. For treating emaciation: 6-9g of Wanzhangshen. Take with steamed sugar as a vehicle. (From "Guizhou Herbal Medicine")

加工炮制 Processing and Preparation

采收加工：夏、秋季采割，切段晒干。
Harvest in summer and autumn, cut into sections and sun-dry.

植物学信息 Botanical Information

植物种属：天南星科植物麒麟叶。
The botanical name for Qilin leaves is Alocasia macrorrhizos.

形态特征 Morphological Characteristics

麒麟叶，攀援藤本。茎圆柱形，粗壮，多分枝；气生根具发达的皮孔，平伸，紧贴于树干或石面上。叶柄长25-40cm，上部有长约2.2cm的膨大关节；叶鞘逐渐撕裂，膜质，脱落；叶片薄革质，幼叶狭披针形或披针状长圆形，基部浅心形，成熟叶长圆形，基部宽心形，长40-60cm，宽30-40cm，两侧不等地羽状深裂，裂片线形，两端几等宽，先端斜截头状，沿中肋有2行星散的、有时为长达2mm的小穿孔；侧脉明显。花序柄圆柱形，粗壮，长10-14cm，基部有鞘状鳞叶包围；佛焰苞外面绿色，内面黄色，长10-12cm，渐尖；肉穗花序圆柱形，钝，长约10cm，粗3cm；花两性，无花被；雄蕊4；雌蕊具棱，长5-6mm，顶平，柱头线形，纵向。浆果小，种子肾形。花期4-5月。
Qilin leaves are climbing vines. The stems are cylindrical, stout, and branched; aerial roots have well-developed pores, extending flatly and tightly against tree trunks or rock surfaces. The petioles are 25-40cm long, with a swollen joint about 2.2cm long at the upper part; the leaf sheaths gradually tear, membranous, and fall off; the leaf blades are thin and leathery, with young leaves narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptic, shallowly cordate at the base, mature leaves are elliptic, broadly cordate at the base, 40-60cm long, 30-40cm wide, deeply and unequally pinnately lobed on both sides, lobes linear, nearly equal in width at both ends, apically obliquely truncate, with two rows of scattered, sometimes up to 2mm long small pores along the midrib; lateral veins obvious. The inflorescence stalk is cylindrical, stout, 10-14cm long, with sheath-like scale leaves at the base; the spathe is green on the outside, yellow on the inside, 10-12cm long, gradually pointed; the spadix is cylindrical, blunt, about 10cm long, 3cm thick; the flowers are bisexual, without perianth; stamens 4; pistils ridged, 5-6mm long, flat at the top, with a linear stigma longitudinally. The berries are small, with kidney-shaped seeds. The flowering period is from April to May.

分布区域 Distribution Area

分布于台湾、广东、海南、广西、云南等地。
Distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other regions.

生长环境 Growing Environment

附生于热带雨林的大树上或岩壁上。
Epiphytic on large trees or rock walls in tropical rainforests.