葛花，中药名。为豆科植物野葛Puerarialobata（Willd.）Ohwi、甘葛藤P.thomsoniiBenth.的花。野葛分布除新疆、西藏外，全国各地均有分布；甘葛藤分布于广东、广西、四川、云南等地。具有解酒醒脾，止血之功效，用于伤酒烦热口渴，头痛头晕，脘腹胀满，呕逆吐酸，不思饮食，吐血，肠风下血。
Ge-hua, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. It refers to the flowers of the leguminous plants Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi and Pueraria thomsonii Benth. The wild kudzu is distributed throughout the country except for Xinjiang and Tibet, while the Pueraria thomsonii is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, and other places. It has the effects of relieving alcohol intoxication and awakening the spleen, as well as stopping bleeding. It is used for symptoms such as alcohol-induced restlessness and thirst, headache and dizziness, abdominal distention, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, vomiting blood, and lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

解酒醒脾，止血。主治
Soothing the liver, invigorating the spleen, and stopping bleeding. Mainly used for treating...

用于伤酒烦热口渴，头痛头晕，脘腹胀满，呕逆吐酸，不思饮食，吐血，肠风下血。用法用量
Indications: Used for symptoms such as irritability, heat sensation in the mouth, thirst, headache, dizziness, fullness and distention in the epigastrium, nausea, vomiting of sour fluids, loss of appetite, hematemesis, and blood in stool due to alcohol intoxication.Dosage: To be taken as directed.

内服：煎汤，3-9g；或入丸、散。注意事项
Internal administration: decoction, 3-9g; or in pill or powder form. Please pay attention to the following precautions.

1、《本经逢原》：“无酒毒者不可服。服之损人天元，以大开肌肉，而发泄伤津也。”

1. "In the book 'Ben Jing Feng Yuan': 'Those without alcohol toxicity should not take it. Taking it will harm the essence of heaven and earth in people, greatly open up the muscles, and cause damage to the body fluids as well.'"

2、《得配本草》：“因酒已成弱者，禁用。”药理作用
2. "Do not use for those who are already weakened by alcohol." This is the pharmacological action.

1、解酒作用。

1. Hangover relief.

2、保肝作用。相关论述
2. Hepatoprotective effects. Relevant discussions.

《别录》：“主消酒。”临床应用 相关配伍
"Beilu: 'Mainly used to eliminate alcohol.' Clinical application and related compatibility."

治饮酒中毒：葛花一两。上一味，捣为散，沸汤点一大钱匕，不拘时候，亦可煎服。（《圣济总录》葛花散）加工炮制 采收加工
Treatment for alcohol poisoning: Ge Hua (Pueraria flower) one or two liang. Take this herb, grind it into powder, add one big coin-sized portion to boiling water, and it can be taken as a decoction at any time. (From "Complete Compendium of the Most Important Prescriptions" - Ge Hua Powder) Processing and preparation: Harvest and process.

立秋后当花未全放时采收，去枝叶，晒干。炮制方法
After the beginning of autumn, harvest the flowers before they are fully bloomed, remove the stems and leaves, and sun-dry them. This is the processing method.

去净杂质及花柄，筛去灰屑。药材鉴别 药材性状
Remove impurities and flower stems, sift out the ashes. Identify the medicinal materials and their characteristics.

1、野葛花

1. Wild kudzu flower

花蕾呈扁长圆形。开放的花皱缩，花萼灰绿色至灰黄色，萼齿5，披针形，约与萼筒等长或稍长，上面2齿合生，长8-11mm，下面裂片最长1片可长达15mm，其他2片长5-7mm，内外均有灰白色毛。花冠蓝色至蓝紫色，久置则呈灰黄色；旗瓣近圆形或长圆形，高6-15mm，宽6-12mm，先端中央缺刻，深0.5-1.0mm；翼瓣窄三角形，长6-12mm，宽2-5mm，基部附属体一例甚小或缺，弦侧附属体明显长大于宽，龙骨瓣长5-13mm，宽3-5mm，弦侧基部有三角形附属体。花药长0.6-0.9mm，宽0.3-0.5mm。无臭，味淡。
The flower bud is oblong and flat. The open flower is wrinkled, with sepals ranging from grayish-green to grayish-yellow, with 5 lanceolate sepals, approximately equal to or slightly longer than the calyx tube, with 2 teeth fused on the upper side, 8-11mm long, the longest lobe at the bottom can reach up to 15mm, the other 2 lobes are 5-7mm long, and both sides are covered with grayish-white hairs. The corolla is blue to bluish-purple, turning grayish-yellow with age; the standard petal is nearly circular or oblong, 6-15mm high, 6-12mm wide, with a notch in the center of the apex, 0.5-1.0mm deep; the wing petals are narrowly triangular, 6-12mm long, 2-5mm wide, with a very small or absent appendage at the base, the appendage on the claw side is significantly longer than wide, the keel petal is 5-13mm long, 3-5mm wide, with a triangular appendage at the base on the claw side. The anther is 0.6-0.9mm long and 0.3-0.5mm wide. It has no odor and a mild taste.

2、粉葛花
2. Kudzu Flower

花蕾呈不规则的扁长圆形或三角形，花萼黄绿色至灰绿色，萼齿显著长于萼筒，内外均有灰白色毛，上面裂片先端2分裂（2齿合生），长12-16mm，下方3裂片最长的可达20mm。花冠紫色或灰紫色，久置后呈黄白色至深黄色，5片，旗瓣近圆形或长圆形，高6-20mm，宽6-16mm，先端楔形切入，深1.0-1.9mm，基部有2短圆耳状突起；翼瓣长椭圆状，长5-20mm，宽3-5mm，基部两侧附属体呈不对称的耳状突起；龙骨瓣长6-20mm，宽3-8mm，弦侧基部附属体不明显，稍呈突起。花药长l-1.5mm，宽0.2-1mm。雌蕊具毛。体轻，无臭，味淡。植物学信息 植物种属
The flower buds are irregularly oblong or triangular in shape, with sepals ranging from yellow-green to grayish-green. The sepals have prominent teeth longer than the sepals, with gray-white hairs both inside and outside. The upper lobes are bifid (2 teeth connate) and are 12-16mm long, while the lower lobes, with the longest reaching up to 20mm, are tripartite. The corolla is purple or grayish-purple, turning yellow-white to deep yellow after a long time. It consists of 5 petals, with the banner petal nearly circular or oblong, 6-20mm high and 6-16mm wide, with a wedge-shaped incision at the apex, 1.0-1.9mm deep, and two short rounded auricles at the base. The wing petals are elongated elliptical, 5-20mm long and 3-5mm wide, with asymmetric auricular projections on both sides at the base. The keel petal is 6-20mm long and 3-8mm wide, with inconspicuous auricles on the chordal side at the base, slightly protruding. The anthers are 1-1.5mm long and 0.2-1mm wide. The pistils are hairy. The plant is lightweight, odorless, and tasteless. Botanical information about the plant species.

豆科植物野葛、甘葛藤。形态特征
Wild kudzu and sweet kudzu vine are both leguminous plants. Here are their morphological characteristics.

1、野葛又名：葛、绤草、鹿藿、黄斤、葛藤、野扁葛。多年生落叶藤本，长达10m。全株被黄褐色粗毛。块根圆柱状，肥厚，外皮灰黄色，内部粉质，纤维性很强。茎基部粗壮，上部多分枝。三出复叶；顶生小叶柄较长；叶片菱状圆形，长5.5-19cm，宽4.5-18cm，先端渐尖，基部圆形，有时浅裂，侧生小叶较小，斜卵形，两边不等，背面苍白色，有粉霜，两面均被白色伏生短柔毛；托叶盾状着生，卵状长椭圆形，小托叶针状。总状花序腋生或顶生，花冠蓝紫色或紫色；苞片狭线形，早落，小苞片卵形或披针形；萼钟状，长0.8-1cm，萼齿5，披针形，上面2齿合生，下面1齿较长；旗瓣近圆形或卵圆形，先端微凹，基部有两短耳，翼瓣狭椭圆形，较旗瓣短，常一边的基部有耳，龙骨瓣较翼瓣稍长；雄蕊10，二体；子房线形，花柱弯曲。荚果线形，长6-9cm，宽7-10mm，密被黄褐色长硬毛。种子卵圆形，赤褐色，有光泽。花期4-8月，果期8-10月。 2、甘葛藤又名：葛麻藤。藤本。根肥大。茎枝被黄褐色短毛或杂有长硬毛。三出复叶，具长柄；托叶披针状长椭圆形，有毛；小叶片菱状卵形至宽卵形，有时3裂，长9-21cm，宽8-18cm，先端短渐尖，基部圆形。总状花序腋生；小苞片卵形；花萼钟状，长1.2-1.5cm，萼齿5，披针形，较萼筒长，被黄色长硬毛；花冠紫色，长1.3-1.8cm。荚果长椭圆形，扁平；长10-12cm，宽1-1.2cm，密被黄褐色长硬毛。种子肾形或圆形。花期6-9月，果期8-10月。生长环境

1. Pueraria lobata, also known as kudzu, is a perennial deciduous woody vine that can grow up to 10 meters long. The entire plant is covered with yellow-brown coarse hairs. It has cylindrical, thick, yellowish-gray outer skin and powdery, fibrous inner parts. The stem base is stout and branches out in the upper part. The leaves are trifoliate, with the terminal leaflet having a longer petiole; leaf blades are rhombic to circular, 5.5-19cm long and 4.5-18cm wide, gradually tapering at the tip, with a circular base, sometimes shallowly lobed. The lateral leaflets are smaller, obliquely ovate, unequal on both sides, pale whitish on the back with a powdery frost, and covered with short white appressed hairs on both sides. The stipules are shield-shaped, ovate to elliptic, and the small stipules are needle-like. The inflorescences are axillary or terminal, with blue-purple or purple corollas; bracts are linear, early falling, and small bracts are ovate or lanceolate. The calyx is campanulate, 0.8-1cm long, with 5 lanceolate teeth, 2 of which are fused on the upper side and 1 longer tooth on the lower side. The standard petal is nearly circular or ovate, slightly notched at the tip, with two short lobes at the base; the wing petals are narrowly elliptic, shorter than the standard petal, often with lobes at one base, and the keel petal is slightly longer than the wing petal. There are 10 stamens, diadelphous; ovary linear, with a curved style. The pods are linear, 6-9cm long and 7-10mm wide, densely covered with yellow-brown long stiff hairs. The seeds are oval, reddish-brown, and glossy. It flowers from April to August and fruits from August to October.2. Pueraria thomsonii, also known as kudzu vine, is a woody vine with enlarged roots. The stems and branches are covered with yellow-brown short hairs or mixed with long stiff hairs. The leaves are trifoliate, with long petioles; stipules are lanceolate to elliptic, hairy; leaflets are rhombic-ovate to broadly ovate, sometimes 3-lobed, 9-21cm long and 8-18cm wide, with a short tapering tip and a circular base. The inflorescences are axillary; small bracts are ovate; the calyx is campanulate, 1.2-1.5cm long, with 5 lanceolate teeth, longer than the calyx tube, covered with yellow long stiff hairs; the corolla is purple, 1.3-1.8cm long. The pods are long elliptic, flattened, 10-12cm long and 1-1.2cm wide, densely covered with yellow-brown long stiff hairs. The seeds are kidney-shaped or round. It flowers from June to September and fruits from August to October. Growth environment.

1、生于山坡、路边草丛中及较阴湿的地方。除新疆、西藏外，全国各地均有分布。 2、栽培或野生于山野灌丛和疏林中。分布于广东、广西、四川、云南等地。

1. It is born on mountain slopes, roadside grass, and relatively shady and damp places. Except for Xinjiang and Tibet, it is distributed throughout the country. 2. It is cultivated or grows wild in mountainous thickets and sparse forests. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, and other places.