毛草龙，中药名。为柳叶菜科丁香蓼属植物水丁香Ludwigiaoctovalvis（Jacq.）Raven[JussiaeasuffruticosaL.]的全草。植物水丁香，分布于华东、中南、西南及台湾等地。具有清热利湿，解毒消肿之功效。主治感冒发热，小儿疳热，咽喉肿痛，口舌生疮，高血压，水肿，湿热泻痢，淋痛，白浊，带下，乳痈，疔疮肿毒，痔疮，烫火伤，毒蛇咬伤。
Mao-cao-long, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. the whole plant of Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven [Jussiaea suffruticosa L.] of the family Onagraceae, is distributed in East China, Central South China, Southwest China, and Taiwan. It has the functions of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, detoxification, and reducing swelling. It is mainly used for treating fever, infantile malnutrition fever, sore throat, oral ulcers, hypertension, edema, damp-heat diarrhea, dysuria, leukorrhea, mastitis, carbuncle, hemorrhoids, burns, and snake bites.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

清热利湿，解毒消肿。主治
Clearing heat, promoting diuresis, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. Mainly used for治疗。

感冒发热，小儿疳热，咽喉肿痛，口舌生疮，高血压，水肿，湿热泻痢，淋痛，白浊，带下，乳痈，疔疮肿毒，痔疮，烫火伤，毒蛇咬伤。用法用量
Common cold with fever, infantile malnutrition fever, sore throat, mouth ulcers, hypertension, edema, damp-heat diarrhea, dysuria, leukorrhea, mastitis, carbuncle, hemorrhoids, scalds, and snake bites. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，15-30g；或研末。外用：适量，捣敷、研末或烧灰调涂；或煎汤洗。相关论述
Internal use: decoction, 15-30g; or powdered. External use: appropriate amount, apply as a poultice, powder, or mixed with ash for topical application; or decoct for washing. Relevant discussion.

1、汪连仕《采药书》：“活血。治金疮，白浊，遗精。”（引自《纲目拾遗》）2、《广西中药志》：“治小儿身热，疮疖。”3、《台湾植物药材志》：“利水消肿。治肾脏炎，水肿，高血压，痈，疽，疔，颜面丹毒，汤火伤。”临床应用 相关配伍

1. Wang Lianshi's "Materia Medica": "Promotes blood circulation. Used to treat traumatic injuries, leukorrhea, and spermatorrhea." (quoted from "Outline of the Important and Unimportant Things")2. "Guangxi Materia Medica": "Used to treat fever in children and sores."3. "Taiwan Herbal Medicine": "Diuretic and reduces swelling. Used to treat nephritis, edema, hypertension, boils, carbuncles, furuncles, facial erysipelas, and scalds." Clinical applications and relevant combinations.

1、治感冒发热，水秧草、野甘草各30g。水煎服。（《玉溪中草药》）2、治喉痛，喉蛾，水丁香叶，擂盐成丸，含口内。（《台湾植物药材志》）3、治咽喉肿痛，水秧草15-30g，红根白毛倒提壶15g。水煎服。（《玉溪中草药》）4、治高血压，水丁香叶110-150g。炖冰糖服。（《台湾植物药材志》）5、治水肿，鲜水丁香全草60g。煎水服。（《西昌中草药》）6、治肾脏炎，水丁香叶煎冰糖服。或以叶研末，以末4g调鸡蛋，苦茶油炒鸭蛋服。（《台湾植物药材志》）加工炮制 采收加工

1. For treating cold and fever, use 30g of Water Plantain and 30g of Licorice. Decoct and take orally. (From "Yuxi Chinese Herbal Medicine")2. For treating sore throat and hoarseness, use Water Pennywort leaves and grind with salt into pills, then suck on them. (From "Taiwan Medicinal Plant Monograph")3. For treating swollen and painful throat, use 15-30g of Water Plantain and 15g of Red-rooted Sagebrush, decoct and take orally. (From "Yuxi Chinese Herbal Medicine")4. For treating hypertension, use 110-150g of Water Pennywort leaves. Stew with rock sugar and take orally. (From "Taiwan Medicinal Plant Monograph")5. For treating edema, use 60g of fresh Water Pennywort whole plant. Decoct and take orally. (From "Xichang Chinese Herbal Medicine")6. For treating nephritis, decoct Water Pennywort leaves with rock sugar and take orally. Alternatively, grind the leaves into powder, mix 4g of the powder with a beaten egg, and fry with bitter tea oil to make a duck egg dish. (From "Taiwan Medicinal Plant Monograph") Processing and preparation: Harvest and process.

夏、秋季采收地上部分，洗净，鲜用或晒干。植物学信息 植物种属
Harvest the aboveground parts in summer and autumn, wash them clean, and use them fresh or dry them in the sun. Botanical information: Plant species.

柳叶菜科丁香蓼属植物水丁香。形态特征
Water pepper is a plant of the family Polygonaceae and the genus Persicaria. It has distinctive morphological characteristics.

亚灌木状草本，高0.3-1m。茎直立，稍具纵棱，幼时绿色，老时变红色，茎上部中空，全株被柔毛。叶互生；几无柄；叶片披针形或条状披针形，长3-15cm，宽1-2.5cm，先端渐尖，基部渐狭，全缘，两面密被柔毛。花两性，单生于叶腋，近无梗；萼筒线形，萼片4，长卵形，长6-15mm，具3脉，宿存；花瓣4，黄色，倒卵形，先端微凹，具4对明显脉纹，长8-10mm；雄蕊8；子房下位，柱头头状。蒴果圆柱形，绿色或淡紫色，长2-5cm，直径约5mm，被毛，具棱，棱间开裂；种子多数，近半球形，种脊明显。花期7-10月。分布区域
A subshrub-like herb, 0.3-1m tall. Stem erect, slightly ridged, green when young, turning red when old, upper part of stem hollow, covered with soft hairs throughout. Leaves alternate; nearly sessile; lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 3-15cm long, 1-2.5cm wide, gradually pointed at the tip, narrowed at the base, entire margin, densely hairy on both sides. Flowers bisexual, solitary in leaf axils, nearly sessile; calyx tubular, with 4 sepals, oblong, 6-15mm long, 3-veined, persistent; petals 4, yellow, inverted-ovate, slightly concave at the tip, with 4 pairs of distinct veins, 8-10mm long; stamens 8; ovary inferior, with a head-shaped stigma. Capsule cylindrical, green or pale purple, 2-5cm long, about 5mm in diameter, hairy, ridged, splitting between the ridges; numerous seeds, nearly hemispherical, with prominent ridges. Flowering period from July to October. Distribution area.

分布于华东、中南、西南及台湾等地。生长环境
Distributed in East China, Central and South China, Southwest China, and Taiwan, among other regions. Growing environment.

生于海拔1600m以下的山坡沟边、路旁、田边、荒地、潮湿草地。
Born on the slopes below 1600 meters above sea level, by the side of gullies, roads, fields, wastelands, and damp grasslands.