蛇目菊，中药名。为菊科金鸡菊属植物两色金鸡菊CoreopsistinctoriaNutt.的全草。植物两色金鸡菊，全国各地均有栽培，原产北美。具有清湿热，解毒消痈之功效。主治湿热痢疾，目赤肿痛，痈肿疮毒。
She-mu-ju, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. Snake Gourd Chrysanthemum). It is the whole herb of Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt., a plant of the Chrysanthemum genus in the Compositae family. The plant is cultivated throughout the country and is native to North America. It has the functions of clearing damp-heat, detoxifying, and resolving abscesses. It is mainly used to treat damp-heat dysentery, red and swollen eyes, abscesses, and sores.

功效作用 功能
The efficacy and functions.

清湿热，解毒消痈。主治
Clearing damp-heat, detoxifying and resolving abscesses. Mainly used for治疗。

湿热痢疾，目赤肿痛，痈肿疮毒。用法用量
Damp-heat dysentery, red and swollen eyes with pain, carbuncles, and toxic sores. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，15-30g。外用：适量，捣敷。相关论述
Internal use: Decoction, 15-30g. External use: appropriate amount, pounded for application. Related discussion.

《广西本草选编》：“清热解毒，化湿。主治急慢性痢疾，目赤肿痛，痈疮肿毒。”临床应用 相关配伍
"Guangxi Materia Medica Compilation": "Clears heat, detoxifies, and resolves dampness. Used to treat acute and chronic dysentery, red and swollen eyes with pain, and carbuncles with swelling and toxicity." Clinical applications and relevant combinations.

治痈疮肿毒，鲜蛇目菊30-60g，加红糖适量，捣烂敷患处。（《本草图典》）加工炮制 采收加工
To treat carbuncles and toxic swellings, take 30-60g of fresh snake-eyed chrysanthemum, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, mash it into a paste, and apply it to the affected area. (From "Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica") Processing and preparation: Harvest and process.

春、夏季采收，鲜用或切段晒干。植物学信息 植物种属
Harvest in spring or summer, and use fresh or cut into sections and sun-dried. Botanical information: plant species.

菊科金鸡菊属植物两色金鸡菊。形态特征
The plant belongs to the Asteraceae family and the Tagetes genus, and it is known as the two-tone marigold. It has the following morphological characteristics: [Please provide the specific morphological characteristics for translation]

一年生草本，高60-120cm。茎直立，具细棱，无毛，上部稍有分枝。叶对生；叶片二回羽状分裂，裂片线形或线状披针形；下部和中部叶有柄；上部叶少有分裂，无叶柄。头状花序生于枝端，直径约3cm，梗纤细，长3-8cm；总苞片2层，外层总苞片较内层稍短，为线状长椭圆形，长约2mm，内层总苞片卵圆形，长5-6mm；舌状花1层，不育或少育，舌片黄色或上部黄色，基部呈深棕色，倒卵形，先端3浅裂；管状花两性，通常孕育，棕红色。瘦果线状长椭圆形，稍弯曲，无翅，无芒。花期6-8月。生长环境
A one-year herbaceous plant, 60-120cm tall. The stem is erect, with fine edges, hairless, and slightly branched in the upper part. Leaves are opposite; leaf blades are twice pinnately divided, with linear or lanceolate lobes; lower and middle leaves have petioles; upper leaves are less divided and without petioles. The capitulum inflorescence is borne at the end of the branch, with a diameter of about 3cm, a slender peduncle, 3-8cm long; involucre consists of 2 layers of bracts, with the outer bracts slightly shorter than the inner ones, linear-elliptic in shape, about 2mm long, and the inner bracts are ovate, 5-6mm long; ligulate flowers are sterile or rarely fertile, yellow or yellowish at the top, with a dark brown base, and are oblong with 3 shallow lobes at the apex; tubular flowers are bisexual, usually fertile, and reddish-brown. The achene is linear-elliptic, slightly curved, wingless, and awnless. The flowering period is from June to August. Habitat

全国各地均有栽培，原产北美。
Cultivation is widespread throughout the country, and it is native to North America.