阳桃，中药名。为酢浆草科植物阳桃AverrhoacarambolaL.的果实。分布于福建、台湾、广东、海南、广西、云南。具有清热，生津，利尿，解毒之功效。常用于风热咳嗽，咽痛，烦渴，石淋，口糜，牙痛，疟母，酒毒。
Yang-tao, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. The fruit of Averrhoa carambola L., a plant of the Oxalidaceae family. It is distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, and Yunnan. It has the functions of clearing heat, generating fluids, promoting urination, and detoxification. It is commonly used for wind-heat cough, sore throat, irritability and thirst, urinary stones, oral ulcers, toothache, malaria, and alcohol poisoning.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

清热，生津，利尿，解毒。主治
Clearing heat, generating fluids, promoting urination, and detoxifying. Used to treat...

风热咳嗽，咽痛，烦渴，石淋，口糜，牙痛，疟母，酒毒。用法用量
Wind-heat cough, sore throat, irritability, thirst, urinary stones, oral ulcers, toothache, malaria, alcohol toxicity. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，30-60g；鲜果生食，或捣汁饮。外用：适量，绞汁滴耳。注意事项
Internal use: Decoction, 30-60g; fresh fruit can be eaten raw or juiced. External use: Use an appropriate amount, squeeze the juice into the ear. Precautions.

脾胃虚寒忌服。《药性考》：“多食冷脾胃，动泄澼。”药理作用
Spleen and stomach deficiency with cold should avoid taking. In "Yao Xing Kao": "Eating too much cold food can damage the spleen and stomach, causing diarrhea." Pharmacological effects.

1、降血脂、降低胆固醇。2、保护肝脏。3、降低血糖。相关论述

1. Lower blood lipids and reduce cholesterol.2. Protect the liver.3. Lower blood sugar. Related discussions.

1、《纲目》：“主治风热，生津止渴。”2、《岭南杂记》：“（治）食猪肉咽喉肿痛。”（引自《纲目拾遗》）3、《本草求原》：“吐蛊毒，大渴不止，捣汁饮。”临床应用 相关配伍

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Mainly used for treating wind-heat, generating fluids and relieving thirst."2. "Miscellaneous Records of Lingnan": "(Used for treating) sore throat after eating pork." (quoted from "Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica")3. "Seeking the Origins of Materia Medica": "For expelling gu poison, unquenchable thirst, crush and drink the juice." Clinical applications and relevant combinations.

1、治咽喉痛：阳桃生食，每次1-2个，每日2-3次。（《全国中草药汇编》）2、治石淋：阳桃3-5枚，和蜜煎汤服。（《泉州本草》）3、治骨节风痛，小便热涩，热毒，痔肿出血：鲜阳桃，切开捣烂，以凉开水冲服，每日2-3次，每次1-2个。（《食物中药与便方》）附注

1. Treatment for sore throat: Eat fresh yangtao (Chinese bayberry), 1-2 fruits each time, 2-3 times a day. (From "Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines")2. Treatment for urinary calculi: Take 3-5 yangtao fruits, decoct with honey and take as a drink. (From "Quanzhou Materia Medica")3. Treatment for bone and joint pain, hot and difficult urination, heat toxins, and bleeding hemorrhoids: Take fresh yangtao, cut and mash it, then drink it with cold water, 2-3 times a day, 1-2 fruits each time. (From "Food Medicine and Prescriptions") Note:

阳桃花、阳桃叶、阳桃根均可药用。可治慢性头风，关节疼痛，心痛，胃气痛，遗精，白带。加工炮制 采收加工
The flowers, leaves, and roots of Crataegus pinnatifida can all be used as medicine. They can treat chronic headache, joint pain, heartache, stomach pain, spermatorrhea, and abnormal vaginal discharge. Processing methods include harvesting and processing.

8-9月果呈黄绿色时采摘，鲜用。药材鉴别 药材性状
Harvest the fruits when they are yellow-green in color in August and September, and use them fresh. Medicinal material identification and characteristics.

浆果卵状或椭圆状，长5-8cm，淡黄绿色，光滑，具3-5翅状棱。植物学信息 植物种属
The berries are ovoid or elliptical, 5-8cm long, pale yellow-green, smooth, with 3-5 winged ridges. Botanical information about the plant species.

酢浆草科植物阳桃。形态特征
The plant belongs to the Oxalidaceae family and is called Yangtao. Its morphological characteristics include:

乔木，高可达12米，分枝甚多；树皮暗灰色，内皮淡黄色，干后茶褐色，味微甜而涩。奇数羽状复叶，互生，长10-20厘米；小叶5-13片，全缘，卵形或椭圆形，长3-7厘米，宽2-3.5厘米，顶端渐尖，基部圆，一侧歪斜，表面深绿色，背面淡绿色，疏被柔毛或无毛，小叶柄甚短；花小，微香，数朵至多朵组成聚伞花序或圆锥花序，自叶腋出或着生于枝干上，花枝和花蕾深红色；萼片5，长约5毫米，覆瓦状排列，基部合成细杯状，花瓣略向背面弯卷，长8-10毫米，宽3-4毫米，背面淡紫红色，边缘色较淡，有时为粉红色或白色；雄蕊5-10枚；子房5室，每室有多数胚珠，花柱5枚。浆果肉质，下垂，有5棱，很少6或3棱，横切面呈星芒状，长5-8厘米，淡绿色或蜡黄色，有时带暗红色。种子黑褐色。花期4-12月，果期7-12月。分布区域
The tree can grow up to 12 meters tall, with many branches; the bark is dark gray, the inner bark is light yellow, turning tea-brown when dry, with a slightly sweet and astringent taste. The odd-pinnate compound leaves are alternate, 10-20 centimeters long; with 5-13 leaflets, entire margins, ovate or elliptic, 3-7 centimeters long, 2-3.5 centimeters wide, gradually pointed at the apex, rounded at the base, one side slanting, dark green on the surface, light green on the back, sparsely covered with soft hairs or hairless, with very short petioles; the flowers are small, slightly fragrant, arranged in umbels or corymbs of several to many flowers, arising from leaf axils or on the branches, with deep red flower stalks and buds; the sepals are 5, about 5 millimeters long, imbricate, fused at the base into a slender cup, petals slightly curled towards the back, 8-10 millimeters long, 3-4 millimeters wide, pale purplish-red on the back, lighter at the edges, sometimes pink or white; stamens 5-10; ovary 5-locular, each locule with numerous ovules, with 5 styles. The fruit is fleshy, pendulous, 5-angled, rarely 6 or 3-angled, star-shaped in cross-section, 5-8 centimeters long, light green or wax yellow, sometimes with dark red hues. The seeds are blackish-brown. Flowering occurs from April to December, and fruiting from July to December. Distribution area.

分布于福建、台湾、广东、海南、广西、云南。生长环境
Distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, and Yunnan. Growing environment.

多栽培于园林或村旁。
Often cultivated in gardens or near villages.