王母钗，中药名。为莎草科莎草属植物异型莎草CyperusdifformisL.的带根全草。植物异型莎草，分布于我国东北各省、河北、山西、陕西、甘肃、云南、四川、湖南、湖北、浙江、江苏、安徽、福建、广东、广西、海南岛等地，苏联、日本、朝鲜、印度，喜马拉雅山区、非洲、中美也有分布。具有利尿通淋，行气活血之功效。主治热淋，小便不利，跌打损伤。
Wang-mu-chai, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. s the whole plant of Cyperus difformis L., a plant of the sedge family. It is distributed in various provinces in northeastern China, as well as in Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan Island. It is also found in the Soviet Union, Japan, North Korea, India, the Himalayas, Africa, and Central America. Wang-mu-chai has the effects of promoting diuresis, relieving stranguria, and promoting blood circulation. It is used to treat hot stranguria, urinary retention, and injuries from falls and blows.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

利尿通淋，行气活血。主治
Diuretic and promoting urination, regulating qi and activating blood circulation. Mainly used for治疗.

热淋，小便不利，跌打损伤。用法用量
Damp-heat strangury, urinary difficulty, and injuries from falls and blows. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，9-15g，鲜品30-60g；或烧存性研末。相关论述
Internal administration: Decoction, 9-15g dried, 30-60g fresh; or powdered after being burned. Relevant discussions.

《浙江药用植物志》：“行气活血，通淋。主治热淋，小便不利，跌打损伤。”临床应用 相关配伍
"Compendium of Medicinal Plants in Zhejiang Province": "Promotes Qi circulation, activates blood, and promotes urination. Used to treat hot dysuria, urinary retention, and injuries from falls or blows." Clinical applications and relevant compatibility.

1、治热淋小便赤涩，（王母钗）鲜根60g。水煎服。（《泉州本草》）2、治跌打损伤，（王母钗）鲜根12个（约30g）。合猪赤肉以酒代水煎服，1-2次。（《泉州本草》）3、治吐血，（王母钗）干根30g。烧存性研末。泡温盐汤服。（《泉州本草》）加工炮制 采收加工

1. Treat hot and painful urination with dark red urine: Use 60g of fresh Wangmucha (王母钗) roots, decoct in water and take orally. (From "Quanzhou Materia Medica")2. Treat bruises and injuries: Use 12 fresh Wangmucha (王母钗) roots (about 30g) and combine with pork lean meat, decoct in alcohol instead of water, and take orally 1-2 times. (From "Quanzhou Materia Medica")3. Treat vomiting blood: Use 30g of dried Wangmucha (王母钗) roots, burn to ashes, grind into powder, soak in warm salt water and take orally. (From "Quanzhou Materia Medica") Processing and preparation: Harvest and process.

7-8月采收。连根拔起，洗净，鲜用或晒干。植物学信息 植物种属
Harvest in July and August. Pull up the roots, wash them clean, and use them fresh or dry them in the sun. Botanical information: Genus of the plant.

莎草科莎草属植物异型莎草。形态特征
The Cyperaceae family includes the Carex genus, which features the atypical Carex plant. Its morphological characteristics include:

一年生草本，根为须根。秆丛生，稍粗或细弱，高2-65厘米，扁三稜形，平滑。叶短于秆，宽2-6毫米，平张或折合；叶鞘稍长，褐色。苞片2枚，少3枚，叶状，长于花序；长侧枝聚散花序简单，少数为复出，具3-9个辐射枝，辐射枝长短不等最长达2.5厘米，或有时近于无花梗；头状花序球形，具极多数小穗，直径5-15毫米；小穗密聚，披针形或线形，长2-8毫米，宽约1毫米，具8-28朵花；小穗轴无翅；鳞片排列稍松，膜质，近于扁圆形，顶端圆，长不及1毫米，中间淡黄色，两侧深红紫色或栗色，边缘具白色透明的边，具3条不很明显的脉；雄蕊2，有时1枚，花药椭圆形，药隔不突出于花药顶端；花柱极短，柱头3，短。小坚果倒卵状椭圆形，三稜形，几与鳞片等长，淡黄色。花果期7-10月。分布区域
A one-year herbaceous plant with fibrous roots. Stems grow in clusters, slightly thick or slender, 2-65 centimeters tall, flattened triangular in shape, and smooth. Leaves shorter than the stems, 2-6 millimeters wide, spreading or folded; leaf sheaths slightly longer, brown. Bracts 2, sometimes 3, leaf-like, longer than the inflorescence; long lateral branches with scattered simple inflorescences, some branching out, with 3-9 radiating branches, varying in length with the longest reaching 2.5 centimeters, sometimes nearly stalkless; head-like inflorescence spherical, with numerous spikelets, 5-15 millimeters in diameter; spikelets densely packed, lanceolate or linear, 2-8 millimeters long, about 1 millimeter wide, with 8-28 flowers; spikelet axis wingless; scales loosely arranged, membranous, nearly orbicular, rounded at the tip, less than 1 millimeter long, pale yellow in the middle, deep reddish-purple or chestnut on the sides, with white transparent edges, and 3 not very distinct veins; stamens 2, sometimes 1, anthers elliptical, connective not protruding at the top of the anther; styles very short, with 3 stigmas, short. Small nutlets inversely ovate-elliptic, triangular, nearly equal in length to the scales, pale yellow. Flowering and fruiting period from July to October. Distribution area.

分布于我国东北各省、河北、山西、陕西、甘肃、云南、四川、湖南、湖北、浙江、江苏、安徽、福建、广东、广西、海南岛等地，苏联、日本、朝鲜、印度，喜马拉雅山区、非洲、中美也有分布。生长环境
Distributed in various provinces in Northeast China, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan Island, as well as in the Soviet Union, Japan, North Korea, India, the Himalayan region, Africa, and Central America. Growing environment.

生于稻田中或水边潮湿处。
Born in paddy fields or damp places near water.