老鼠刺，中药名，是冬青科植物猫儿刺的根，分布于秦岭以南和长江流域各地。其具有清肺止咳，利咽，明目之功效，常用于肺热咳嗽，咯血，咽喉肿痛，翳膜遮睛等病症。
"Mao-er-c, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. has the functions of clearing the lungs, stopping cough, moisturizing the throat, and improving vision. It is often used for symptoms such as lung heat cough, hemoptysis, sore throat, and eye diseases caused by corneal opacity.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

清肺止咳，利咽，明目。主治
Clear the lungs, stop coughing, benefit the throat, and improve vision. Used to treat...

肺热咳嗽，咯血，咽喉肿痛，翳膜遮睛。用法用量
Symptoms of lung heat include coughing, spitting blood, sore throat, and eye obstruction. Please advise on the dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，15-30g。相关论述
Internal administration: Decoction, 15-30g. Relevant discussion.

1、《贵州草药》：“清热解毒，润肺止咳。”2、《四川中药志》1982年版：“用于咽喉肿痛，咳嗽咯血，目赤肿痛，黄疸型肝炎。”临床应用 临床应用

1. "Guizhou Herbal Medicine": "Clears heat, detoxifies, moistens the lungs, and stops coughing."2. "Sichuan Materia Medica" 1982 edition: "Used for sore throat, coughing up blood, red and swollen eyes, and jaundice-type hepatitis." Clinical application.

临床用于治疗急性咽喉炎，感冒咳嗽和慢性支气管扩张咯血等。相关配伍
Clinically used for treating acute pharyngitis, cold cough, chronic bronchiectasis with hemoptysis, etc. Related compatibility.

1、治肺热咳嗽：老鼠刺30g，石枣子15g，一朵云15g。水煎服。（《四川中药志》1982年）2、治咯血：老鼠刺30g，仙鹤草30g，藕节12g。水煎服。（《四川中药志》1982年）附注

1. Treatment for cough due to lung heat: 30g of Radix Stemonae, 15g of Fructus Ziziphi Jujubae, and 15g of Flos Inulae. Decoction for oral administration. (From "Sichuan Herbal Medicine Records" 1982)2. Treatment for hemoptysis: 30g of Radix Stemonae, 30g of Herba Patriniae, and 12g of Rhizoma Nelumbinis. Decoction for oral administration. (From "Sichuan Herbal Medicine Records" 1982) Note:

同属品种大果冬青IlexmacrocarpaOliv.根与老鼠刺功效相似。分布于华东、中南和西南各地。加工炮制 采收加工
The roots of Ilex macrocarpa Oliv., a species of holly, have similar effects to those of the Chinese herb "Lao Shu Ci" (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans) on mice. It is distributed in various regions in East China, Central South China, and Southwest China. Processing involves harvesting and further processing.

夏、秋季采收，洗净，晒干。植物学信息 植物种属
Harvest in summer or autumn, wash, and dry in the sun. Botanical information: Plant species.

冬青科植物猫儿刺。形态特征
Ilex aquifolium, a plant in the Aquifoliaceae family. Morphological characteristics.

常绿灌木或乔木，高1-5（-8）米；树皮银灰色，纵裂；幼枝黄褐色，具纵棱槽，被短柔毛，二至三年小枝圆形或近圆形，密被污灰色短柔毛；顶芽卵状圆锥形，急尖，被短柔毛。叶片革质，卵形或卵状披针形，长1.5-3厘米，宽5-14毫米，先端三角形渐尖，渐尖头长达12-14毫米，终于1长3毫米的粗刺，基部截形或近圆形，边缘具深波状刺齿1-3对，叶面深绿色，具光泽，背面淡绿色，两面均无毛，中脉在叶面凹陷，在近基部被微柔毛，背面隆起，侧脉1-3对，不明显；叶柄长2毫米，被短柔毛；托叶三角形，急尖。花序簇生于二年生枝的叶腋内，多为2-3花聚生成簇，每分枝仅具1花；花淡黄色，全部4基数。雄花：花梗长约1毫米，无毛，中上部具2枚近圆形，具缘毛的小苞片；花萼直径约2毫米，4裂，裂片阔三角形或半圆形，具缘毛；花冠辐状，直径约7毫米，花瓣椭圆形，长约3毫米，近先端具缘毛；雄蕊稍长于花瓣；退化子房圆锥状卵形，先端钝，长约1.5毫米。雌花：花梗长约2毫米；花萼像雄花；花瓣卵形，长约2.5毫米；退化雄蕊短于花瓣，败育花药卵形；子房卵球形，柱头盘状。果球形或扁球形，直径7-8毫米，成熟时红色，宿存花萼四角形，直径约2.5毫米，具缘毛，宿存柱头厚盘状，4裂。分核4，轮廓倒卵形或长圆形，长4.5-5.5毫米，背部宽约3.5毫米，在较宽端背部微凹陷，且具掌状条纹和沟槽，侧面具网状条纹和沟，内果皮木质。花期4-5月，果期10-11月。分布区域
Evergreen shrub or tree, 1-5 (-8) meters tall; bark silver-gray, longitudinally fissured; young branches yellow-brown, longitudinally grooved, covered with short soft hairs, two to three-year-old twigs round or nearly round, densely covered with dirty gray short soft hairs; terminal buds ovate-conical, sharply pointed, covered with short soft hairs. Leaves leathery, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-3 cm long, 5-14 mm wide, apex gradually triangularly acute, with a sharp tip up to 12-14 mm long, finally a 3 mm long thorn, base truncate or nearly round, margin with 1-3 pairs of deep serrations, leaf surface dark green, glossy, back pale green, both sides hairless, midrib concave on the leaf surface, slightly hairy near the base, raised on the back, 1-3 pairs of lateral veins, not prominent; petiole 2 mm long, covered with short soft hairs; stipules triangular, sharply pointed. Inflorescences clustered in the leaf axils of two-year-old branches, mostly clustered with 2-3 flowers, each branch bearing only 1 flower; flowers pale yellow, all in fours. Male flowers: pedicel about 1 mm long, hairless, with 2 nearly round, margin-hairy bracts in the middle and upper part; calyx about 2 mm in diameter, 4-lobed, lobes broadly triangular or semicircular, margin-hairy; corolla radial, about 7 mm in diameter, petals elliptic, about 3 mm long, margin-hairy near the apex; stamens slightly longer than petals; degenerate ovary conical-ovate, blunt at the tip, about 1.5 mm long. Female flowers: pedicel about 2 mm long; calyx similar to male flowers; petals ovate, about 2.5 mm long; degenerate stamens shorter than petals, sterile anthers ovate; ovary ovoid, with disc-shaped stigma. Fruit globose or flattened globose, 7-8 mm in diameter, red when ripe, persistent calyx quadrangular, about 2.5 mm in diameter, margin-hairy, persistent stigma thickly disc-shaped, 4-lobed. Seeds 4, inversely ovate or oblong, 4.5-5.5 mm long, about 3.5 mm wide at the widest part of the back, slightly concave on the back at the wider end, with palmate stripes and grooves, reticulate stripes and grooves on the sides, inner pericarp woody. Flowering period from April to May, fruiting period from October to November. Distribution area.

分布于秦岭以南和长江流域各地。生长环境
Distributed in various areas south of the Qinling Mountains and in the Yangtze River Basin. Growing environment.

常生长于山林中。
Often grows in the mountains and forests.