竹叶莲，中药名。为鸭跖草科植物竹叶花PolliajaponicaThunb.的根茎和全草。分布于江苏、安徽、浙江、江西、福建、台湾、湖北、湖南、广东、广西、四川、贵州等地。具有清热利尿，解毒消肿之功效。用于小便黄赤，热淋，疔痈疖肿，蛇虫咬伤。
Zhu-ye-lian, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. the rhizome and entire plant of Pollia japonica Thunb., a plant in the duckweed family. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, and other places. It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, detoxification, and reducing swelling. It is used for conditions such as dark or red urine, hot urinary dysfunction, boils, carbuncles, and snake or insect bites.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

清热利尿，解毒消肿。主治
Clearing heat, promoting diuresis, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. Mainly used for治疗。

用于小便黄赤，热淋，疔痈疖肿，蛇虫咬伤。用法用量
Used for yellow and red urine, hot lin syndrome, boils, carbuncles, and swelling, as well as snake and insect bites. Dosage and administration: [Please provide more details for accurate translation].

内服：煎汤，6-12g。外用：适量，捣敷。相关论述
Internal use: Decoction, 6-12g. External use: Appropriate amount, pounded for application. Relevant discussion.

《福建药物志》：“清热解毒，消肿止痛。主治淋病、痈、疔、疖。”临床应用 相关配伍
"Fujian Materia Medica": "Clears heat, detoxifies, reduces swelling, and relieves pain. Used to treat gonorrhea, abscesses, furuncles, and carbuncles." Clinical applications and relevant combinations.

1、治小便赤黄：竹叶莲全草6g。水煎服。（《青岛中草药手册》）2、治虫蛇咬伤：竹叶莲全草捣烂敷患处。3、治腰痛：竹叶莲根9g。煮猪肉吃。（2-3方出自《湖南药物志》）加工炮制 采收加工

1. Treatment for red and yellow urine: 6g of whole herb of bamboo leaf lotus, decocted in water and taken orally. (From "Qingdao Herbal Manual")2. Treatment for insect or snake bites: Mash the whole herb of bamboo leaf lotus and apply it to the affected area.3. Treatment for lower back pain: 9g of bamboo leaf lotus root, boiled with pork and consumed. (Sources 2-3 are from "Hunan Materia Medica") Processing and preparation: Harvesting and processing.

夏、秋季采收，洗净，鲜用或晒干。植物学信息 植物种属
Harvest in summer or autumn, wash and clean, use fresh or dry in the sun. Botanical information: Plant species.

鸭跖草科杜若属竹叶花。形态特征
The duckweed family belongs to the genus of bamboo leaf flowers. Morphological characteristics.

多年生草本，根状茎长而横走。茎直立或上升，粗壮，不分枝，高30-80厘米，被短柔毛。叶鞘无毛；叶无柄或叶基渐狭，而延成带翅的柄；叶片长椭圆形，长10-30厘米，宽3-7厘米，基部楔形，顶端长渐尖，近无毛，上面粗糙。蝎尾状聚伞花序长2-4厘米，常多个成轮排列，形成数个疏离的轮，也有不成轮的，一般地集成圆锥花序，花序总梗长15-30厘米，花序远远地伸出叶子，各级花序轴和花梗被相当密的钩状毛；总苞片披针形，花梗长约5毫米；萼片3枚，长约5毫米，无毛，宿存；花瓣白色，倒卵状匙形，长约3毫米；雄蕊6枚全育，近相等，或有时3枚略小些，偶有1-2枚不育的。果球状，果皮黑色，直径约5毫米，每室有种子数颗。种子灰色带紫色。花期7-9月。果期9-10月。分布区域
Perennial herb with long and creeping rhizomes. Stems are erect or ascending, stout, unbranched, 30-80 centimeters tall, and covered with short soft hairs. Leaf sheaths are hairless; leaves are sessile or gradually narrowing at the base to form winged petioles; leaf blades are oblong-elliptic, 10-30 centimeters long, 3-7 centimeters wide, with a wedge-shaped base, long acuminate apex, nearly hairless, and rough on the upper surface. Scorpion-tail-like umbels are 2-4 centimeters long, often arranged in multiple whorls, forming several spaced whorls, sometimes not whorled, generally forming a conical inflorescence, with a total inflorescence stalk length of 15-30 centimeters, extending far beyond the leaves, with inflorescence axes and pedicels covered with relatively dense hooked hairs; bracts are lanceolate, pedicels about 5 millimeters long; sepals 3, about 5 millimeters long, hairless, persistent; petals white, inverted ovate-spatulate, about 3 millimeters long; 6 fertile stamens, nearly equal, sometimes 3 slightly smaller, occasionally 1-2 sterile. Fruits are globose, black fruit skin, about 5 millimeters in diameter, with several seeds per locule. Seeds are gray with a purple tinge. Flowering period is from July to September. Fruiting period is from September to October. Distribution area.

分布于江苏、安徽、浙江、江西、福建、台湾、湖北、湖南、广东、广西、四川、贵州等地。生长环境
Distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and other regions. Growing environment.

生于山沟林边阴湿处及溪边等处。
Born in mountain valleys, shady and damp places, as well as by streamsides.