睡莲，中药名。为睡莲科植物睡莲NymphaeatetragonaGeorgi的花。全国广泛分布。具有消暑，解酒，定惊之功效。用于中暑，醉酒烦渴，小儿惊风。
Water lil, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. (Shui-lian), the flower of the water lily plant Nymphaea tetragona Georgi, which belongs to the Nymphaeaceae family. It is widely distributed throughout the country and is known for its effects of relieving summer heat, sobering up, and calming the mind. It is used for heatstroke, drunkenness with restlessness and thirst, and infantile convulsions.

功效作用 功能
The efficacy and functions

消暑，解酒，定惊。主治
Relieve summer heat, sober up, and calm the nerves. Used to treat...

用于中暑，醉酒烦渴，小儿惊风。用法用量
Used for heatstroke, alcohol intoxication with restlessness and thirst, and infantile convulsions. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，6-9g。注意事项
Internal administration: Decoction, 6-9g. Precautions.

孕妇慎用。相关论述
Pregnant women should use it with caution. Relevant discussions.

《纲目拾遗》：“治小儿急、慢惊风，食之令人思睡。”临床应用 相关配伍
"Compendium of Materia Medica Supplement": "Treats children's acute and slow wind fright, when consumed it induces drowsiness." Clinical application and related compatibility.

治小儿急慢惊风：用（睡莲花）七朵或十四朵，煎汤服。（《纲目拾遗》）加工炮制 采收加工
Treatment for infantile convulsions: Use seven or fourteen flowers of water lily, decoct and take as a soup. (From "Gangmu Shiyi") Processing and preparation: Harvest and process.

夏季采收，洗净，去杂质，晒干。药材鉴别 药材性状
Harvest the herbs in summer, wash them, remove impurities, and dry them in the sun. Identify the herbs and their properties.

花较大，直径4-5cm，白色。萼片4片，基部呈四方形；花瓣8-17；雄蕊多数，花药黄色；花柱4-8裂，柱头广孵形，呈茶匙状，作放射状排列。植物学信息 植物种属
The flower is relatively large, with a diameter of 4-5cm, and white in color. It has 4 sepals, with a square base; 8-17 petals; numerous stamens with yellow anthers; 4-8 divided pistils with broadly ovoid stigmas, arranged in a radial pattern. Botanical information: plant species.

睡莲科植物睡莲。形态特征
The lotus, a plant of the Nymphaeaceae family, has the following morphological characteristics.

睡莲又名：瞑菜。多年水生草本；根状茎短粗。叶纸质，心状卵形或卵状椭圆形，长5-12厘米，宽3.5-9厘米，基部具深弯缺，约占叶片全长的1/3，裂片急尖，稍开展或几重合，全缘，上面光亮，下面带红色或紫色，两面皆无毛，具小点；叶柄长达60厘米。花直径3-5厘米；花梗细长；花萼基部四棱形，萼片革质，宽披针形或窄卵形，长2-3.5厘米，宿存；花瓣白色，宽披针形、长圆形或倒卵形，长2-2.5厘米，内轮不变成雄蕊；雄蕊比花瓣短，花药条形，长3-5毫米；柱头具5-8辐射线。浆果球形，直径2-2.5厘米，为宿存萼片包裹；种子椭圆形，长2-3毫米，黑色。花期6-8月，果期8-10月。分布区域
Water lily, also known as "Ming Cai", is a perennial aquatic herb with a short and thick rhizome. Its leaves are papery, heart-shaped, or ovate-elliptic, 5-12 cm long and 3.5-9 cm wide, with a deep sinus at the base, accounting for about one-third of the total length of the leaf blade. The lobes are acute, slightly spreading or somewhat overlapping, with entire margins, shiny on the upper surface, and red or purple on the lower surface, both sides are hairless and have small dots. The leaf stalk can reach up to 60 cm in length. The flower has a diameter of 3-5 cm, with a slender flower stalk; the base of the calyx is quadrangular, with leathery sepals that are broadly lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 2-3.5 cm long, persistent; the petals are white, broadly lanceolate, oblong, or inverted ovate, 2-2.5 cm long, with the inner whorl not developing into stamens; the stamens are shorter than the petals, with anthers oblong, 3-5 mm long; the stigma has 5-8 radiating lines. The fruit is spherical, 2-2.5 cm in diameter, wrapped in persistent sepals; the seeds are elliptical, 2-3 mm long, and black. It flowers from June to August and fruits from August to October. Its distribution area is...

全国广泛分布。生长环境
Widely distributed across the country. Growing environment.

生于池沼湖泊中。
Born in marshes and lakes.