红花酢浆草，中药名。为酢浆草科植物红花酢浆草OxaliscorymbosaDC.的全草。分布于全国各地，栽培，亦有野生。具有清热解毒，散瘀消肿，调经之功效。常用于咽炎，牙痛，肾盂肾炎，痢疾，月经不调，带下；外用治毒蛇咬伤，跌打损伤，烧烫伤。
Hong-hua-cu-jiang-cao, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. the whole plant of Oxalis corymbosa DC., a plant of the Oxalidaceae family. It is distributed throughout the country, cultivated, and also found in the wild. It has the functions of clearing heat and detoxification, promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, regulating menstruation. It is commonly used for pharyngitis, toothache, pyelonephritis, dysentery, irregular menstruation, and leukorrhea. Externally, it is used to treat snake bites, bruises, and burns.

功效作用 Efficacy and Functions

清热解毒，散瘀消肿，调经。红花酢浆草根：清热，平肝、定惊。
Clearing heat and detoxifying, dispersing stasis and reducing swelling, regulating menstruation. Red clover oxalis root: clearing heat, soothing the liver, and calming the mind.

主治 Indications

咽炎，牙痛，肾盂肾炎，痢疾，月经不调，带下；外用治毒蛇咬伤，跌打损伤，烧烫伤。红花酢浆草根：适用于小儿肝热、惊风。
Pharyngitis, toothache, pyelonephritis, dysentery, irregular menstruation, and leukorrhea; externally used for snake bites, bruises, and burns. Red clover oxalis root: suitable for pediatric liver heat and convulsions due to wind-heat.

用法用量 Dosage and Administration

15-30g；或浸酒服。外用：适量，鲜草捣烂敷患处。
15-30g; or soak in wine before consumption. For external use: apply appropriate amount of fresh crushed herb to the affected area.

注意事项 Precautions

孕妇忌服。
Pregnant women should avoid taking this.

临床应用 Clinical Application

1. 治急性扁桃体炎、咽喉炎之咽喉肿痛：红花酢浆草全草50g，绞榨出汁，配蜂蜜或母乳。具有利水消肿、生津止渴之功。（《中国民间疗法》）
   Treat sore throat caused by acute tonsillitis and pharyngitis: crush 50g of whole red clover oxalis herb to extract juice, mix with honey or breast milk. It has the effect of promoting diuresis, reducing swelling, generating body fluids, and relieving thirst. ("Chinese Folk Therapies")

2. 治跌打损伤：红花酢浆草30g，小锯齿藤15g。拌酒糟包敷患处。（《贵州民间药物》）
   Treat bruises and injuries: mix 30g of red clover oxalis with 15g of small sawtooth vine, apply with fermented rice wine as a poultice to the affected area. ("Guizhou Folk Medicine")

3. 治小儿惊风：红花酢浆草15g，鱼鳅串、铁灯单各9g，煎水服。（《贵州民间药物》）
   Treat infantile convulsions: decoct 15g of red clover oxalis, 9g of loach plant, and 9g of iron lamp plant in water and take orally. ("Guizhou Folk Medicine")

加工炮制 Processing and Preparation

采收加工：夏秋采，鲜用或晒干。
Harvesting and processing: collect in summer and autumn, use fresh or sun-dry.

植物学信息 Botanical Information

植物种属：酢浆草科植物红花酢浆草。
Species: Oxalis corymbosa DC., belonging to the Oxalidaceae family.

形态特征 Morphological Characteristics

多年生直立草本。无地上茎，地下部分有球状鳞茎，外层鳞片膜质，褐色，背具3条肋状纵脉，被长缘毛，内层鳞片呈三角形，无毛。叶基生；叶柄长5-30厘米或更长，被毛；小叶3，扁圆状倒心形，长1-4厘米，宽1.5-6厘米，顶端凹入，两侧角圆形，基部宽楔形，表面绿色，被毛或近无毛；背面浅绿色，通常两面或有时仅边缘有干后呈棕黑色的小腺体，背面尤甚并被疏毛；托叶长圆形，顶部狭尖，与叶柄基部合生。总花梗基生，二歧聚伞花序，通常排列成伞形花序式，总花梗长10-40厘米或更长，被毛；花梗、苞片、萼片均被毛；花梗长5-25毫米，每花梗有披针形干膜质苞片2枚；萼片5，披针形，长约4-7毫米，先端有暗红色长圆形的小腺体2枚，顶部腹面被疏柔毛；花瓣5，倒心形，长1.5-2厘米，为萼长的2-4倍，淡紫色至紫红色，基部颜色较深；雄蕊10枚，长的5枚超出花柱，另5枚长至子房中部，花丝被长柔毛；子房5室，花柱5，被锈色长柔毛，柱头浅2裂。花、果期3-12月。
Perennial erect herb. No aerial stem; underground part has a spherical bulbous rhizome with membranous brown outer scales bearing 3 rib-like longitudinal veins and long marginal hairs; inner scales are triangular and glabrous. Leaves basal; petiole 5–30 cm long or longer, pubescent; leaflets 3, broadly obovate to inversely heart-shaped, 1–4 cm long, 1.5–6 cm wide, apex notched, sides rounded, base broadly cuneate; upper surface green, pubescent or nearly glabrous; lower surface pale green, usually with small dark brown-black glands on both surfaces or sometimes only at margins, more prominent beneath and sparsely hairy; stipules oblong, narrowly acute at apex, fused with petiole base. Inflorescence basal, dichasial cyme, often umbel-like; peduncle 10–40 cm long or longer, hairy; pedicels, bracts, and sepals all hairy; pedicel 5–25 mm long, each with 2 lanceolate membranous bracts; sepals 5, lanceolate, about 4–7 mm long, apex with two dark reddish oval glands, sparsely pubescent on ventral surface; petals 5, inversely heart-shaped, 1.5–2 cm long, 2–4 times longer than sepals, pale purple to deep purple-red, darker at base; stamens 10, 5 longer than style, 5 reaching middle of ovary, filaments pubescent; ovary 5-chambered, styles 5, rusty-pubescent, stigma shallowly 2-lobed. Flowering and fruiting from March to December.

分布区域 Distribution Area

分布于全国各地，栽培，亦有野生。
Distributed throughout China, commonly cultivated, and also found in the wild.

生长环境 Growing Environment

生于旷野村边、路旁阴湿处。
Grows in damp, shady places in open fields, near villages, and along roadsides.