水蜈蚣，中药名。为莎草科植物水蜈蚣KyllingabrevifoliaRottb.带根茎的全草。分布于中南、西南及安徽、江苏、浙江、江西、福建等地。具有疏风解表，清热利湿，活血解毒之功效。用于感冒发热头痛，急性支气管炎，百日咳，疟疾，黄疸，痢疾，乳糜烂，疮疡肿毒，皮肤瘙痒，毒蛇咬伤，风湿性关节炎，跌打损伤。
Shui-wu-gong, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. s the whole plant of Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb., a plant of the Cyperaceae family, with rhizomes. It is distributed in central and southern China, as well as in the southwest, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian. It is known for its effects of dispersing wind, clearing heat, promoting diuresis, activating blood circulation, and detoxification. It is used for conditions such as fever, headache, acute bronchitis, whooping cough, malaria, jaundice, dysentery, lactation erosion, ulceration, skin itching, snake bites, rheumatoid arthritis, and traumatic injuries.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy, function.

疏风解表，清热利湿，活血解毒。主治
Dispersing wind and releasing the exterior, clearing heat and dampness, promoting blood circulation and detoxification. Mainly used for治疗。

用于感冒发热头痛，急性支气管炎，百日咳，疟疾，黄疸，痢疾，乳糜烂，疮疡肿毒，皮肤瘙痒，毒蛇咬伤，风湿性关节炎，跌打损伤。用法用量
Used for common cold with fever and headache, acute bronchitis, whooping cough, malaria, jaundice, dysentery, lactose ulcer, abscesses and swelling, itchy skin, snake bites, rheumatoid arthritis, bruises and injuries. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，15-30g，鲜品30-60g；或捣汁；或浸酒。外用：适量，捣敷。药理作用
Internal use: Decoction, 15-30g dried or 30-60g fresh; or pounded juice; or soaked in alcohol. External use: Apply an appropriate amount, pound and apply. Pharmacological actions.

本品具有降血压、抗炎、解痉、抗癌及抑菌、杀灭疟原虫等作用。相关论述
This product has the functions of lowering blood pressure, anti-inflammatory, relieving spasms, anti-cancer, antibacterial, and killing malaria parasites.

《贵州民间药物》：“治伤风、跌打损伤、刀伤骨折，除寒湿。”临床应用 临床应用
"Folk Medicine of Guizhou: Treats colds, bruises, cuts, fractures, and dispels cold and dampness." Clinical application Clinical application

1、防治小儿百日咳。2、治疗疟疾。3、治疗乳糜尿。4、治疗慢性气管炎。相关配伍

1. Prevention and treatment of pertussis in children.2. Treatment of malaria.3. Treatment of chyluria.4. Treatment of chronic bronchitis. Related compatibility.

1、治感冒发热，咽喉肿痛：水蜈蚣30g。水煎温服取汗。（《陕甘宁青中草药选》）2、治黄疸（传染性肝炎）：水蜈蚣全草30g，茅莓根30g，臭牡丹根30g。水煎，糖调敷。（江西《草药手册》）3、治乳糜尿：水蜈蚣（干根茎）、桂圆或黑枣各60g。水煎服，每日1剂，连服15天。（《浙南本草新编》）4、治疮疡肿毒：水蜈蚣全草、芭蕉根各适量。捣烂敷患处。（江西《草药手册》）5、治小儿口腔炎：水蜈蚣根茎30g。水煎，冲蜂蜜服。（《浙江民间常用草药》）加工炮制 采收加工

1. For treating common cold with fever and sore throat: 30g of Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans. Decoct in water, drink warm and induce sweating. (Selected Herbal Medicines of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai)2. For treating jaundice (infectious hepatitis): 30g of whole Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans, 30g of Imperata cylindrica root, and 30g of Smilax glabra root. Decoct in water, add sugar, and apply externally. (Herbal Manual of Jiangxi)3. For treating chyluria: 60g of Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans (dried rhizome), and 60g of longan or black dates. Decoct in water, take orally once a day, continuously for 15 days. (New Compilation of Zhenan Materia Medica)4. For treating abscesses and toxic swellings: appropriate amounts of whole Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans and Musa basjoo root. Crush into a paste and apply to the affected area. (Herbal Manual of Jiangxi)5. For treating oral ulcers in children: 30g of Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans rhizome. Decoct in water, mix with honey and drink. (Commonly Used Folk Herbal Medicines in Zhejiang) Processing and preparation: Harvesting and processing.

5-9月采收，洗净，鲜用或晒干。炮制方法
Harvest from May to September, wash and clean, use fresh or sun-dry. Processing method.

取原药材除去杂质。抢水洗净，稍润，切段。干燥。筛去灰屑。药材鉴别 药材性状
Remove impurities from the original medicinal materials. Quickly rinse with water, slightly moisten, and cut into sections. Dry. Remove ash and debris by sieving. Identify the medicinal materials and their characteristics.

1、药材性状多皱缩交织成团。根茎细圆柱形，表面红棕色或紫褐色，节明显，具膜质鳞片，节上有细茎，断面粉白色。茎细具棱，深绿色或枯绿色。叶线形，基部鞘状，紫褐色，有的可见球形穗状花序，黄绿色。果实卵状长圆形，绿色，具细点。气微。2、饮片性状根、茎、叶、花混合的段状。根茎表面红棕色或紫褐色，断面类白色，粉性。茎细三棱形。叶质软，线形，叶鞘呈紫褐色。穗状花序，单生，球形，绿色。气微，味淡。植物学信息 植物种属

1. The medicinal material has a wrinkled and shriveled appearance, interwoven into clusters. The root and rhizome are slender and cylindrical, with a reddish-brown or purplish-brown surface, distinct nodes, membranous scales, fine stems on the nodes, and a powdery white cross-section. The stem is slender with edges, deep green or dried green in color. The leaves are linear, sheath-like at the base, purplish-brown, and some may have spherical spike-like inflorescences in yellow-green color. The fruit is ovoid-oblong, green, and dotted. It has a mild aroma.2. The processed slices are in segments mixed with roots, stems, leaves, and flowers. The surface of the root and rhizome is reddish-brown or purplish-brown, with a white, powdery cross-section. The stem is slender and triangular. The leaves are soft, linear, with sheaths in purplish-brown color. The spike-like inflorescences are solitary, spherical, and green. It has a mild aroma and a light taste. Botanical information: Plant species.

莎草科植物水蜈蚣。形态特征
Water centipede, a plant in the Saururaceae family. Morphological characteristics.

水蜈蚣又名：短叶水蜈蚣。根状茎长而匍匐，外被膜质、褐色的鳞片，具多数节间，节间长约1.5厘米，每一节上长一秆。秆成列地散生，细弱，高7-20厘米，扁三稜形，平滑，基部不膨大，具4-5个圆筒状叶鞘，最下面2个叶鞘常为干膜质，棕色，鞘口斜截形，顶端渐尖，上面2-3个叶鞘顶端具叶片。叶柔弱，短于或稍长于秆，宽2-4毫米，平张，上部边缘和背面中肋上具细刺。叶状苞片3枚，极展开，后期常向下反折；穗状花序单个，极少2或3个，球形或卵球形，长5-11毫米，宽4.5-10毫米，具极多数密生的小穗。小穗长圆状披针形或披针形，压扁，长约3毫米，宽0.8-1毫米，具1朵花；鳞片膜质，长2.8-3毫米，下面鳞片短于上面的鳞片，白色，具锈斑，少为麦秆黄色，背面的龙骨状突起绿色，具刺，顶端延伸成外弯的短尖，脉5-7条；雄蕊3-1个，花药线形；花柱细长，柱头2，长不及花柱的1/2。小坚果倒卵状长圆形，扁双凸状，长约为鳞片的1/2，表面具密的细点。花果期5-9月。分布区域
Water centipede, also known as short-leaved water centipede, has a long and creeping rhizome covered with membranous, brown scales. It has multiple internodes, with each internode being about 1.5 centimeters long and bearing a stem. The stems are scattered in rows, slender, 7-20 centimeters tall, triangular in cross-section, smooth, not swollen at the base, and have 4-5 cylindrical leaf sheaths. The two lower leaf sheaths are often dry and membranous, brown, with obliquely truncate mouths and gradually pointed tips. The top 2-3 leaf sheaths have leaf blades at their tips. The leaves are soft, shorter or slightly longer than the stems, 2-4 millimeters wide, flat, with fine spines on the upper edges and midribs on the back. There are 3 leaf-like bracts that are widely spread and often reflexed downwards later; the spike-like inflorescence is usually solitary, rarely 2 or 3, spherical or ovoid, 5-11 millimeters long and 4.5-10 millimeters wide, with numerous densely packed spikelets. The spikelets are long-elliptic or lanceolate, compressed, about 3 millimeters long and 0.8-1 millimeter wide, each with a flower; the membranous scales are 2.8-3 millimeters long, with the lower scales shorter than the upper ones, white, with rust spots, sometimes pale yellow on the back, with green, spine-bearing keels and short, outwardly curved tips at the top, with 5-7 veins; there are 3-1 stamens, with linear anthers; the styles are slender, with two stigmas, each less than half the length of the style. The small nutlets are inversely ovate-elliptic, flattened and biconvex, about half the length of the scales, with dense fine dots on the surface. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to September. Distribution area.

分布于中南、西南及安徽、江苏、浙江、江西、福建等地。生长环境
Distributed in the central and southern regions, as well as in the southwest and in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian. Growing environment.

生于山坡、溪边、荒地、路边草丛中及海边沙滩上。
Born on mountain slopes, by streams, in wastelands, by roadsides, and on seaside beaches.