萝藦子，中药名。为萝藦科植物萝藦Metaplexis japonica （Thunb.）Makino的果实。具有补益精气，生肌止血的功效。主治虚劳，阳萎，遗精，金疮出血。
Luo-mo-zi, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. s the fruit of the plant Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino, which belongs to the family of plants known as Luo-mo-zi. It has the effects of nourishing the essence and qi, promoting tissue regeneration, and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used to treat deficiency fatigue, impotence, spermatorrhea, and bleeding from traumatic injuries.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy, function.

补益精气，生肌止血。主治
Tonify vital energy, promote tissue regeneration, and stop bleeding. Used for treating...

主要用于虚劳，阳萎，遗精，金疮出血。用法用量
Mainly used for deficiency fatigue, impotence, spermatorrhea, and bleeding from traumatic injuries. Dosage and administration: [Please provide specific instructions].

内服：煎汤，9-18g；或研末。外用：捣敷。化学成分
Internal use: decoction, 9-18g; or powdered. External use: poultice. Chemical components.

含混合甙约0.3％，其中糖分是多种脱氧糖：D-加拿大麻糖、D-沙门糖、L-夹竹桃糖、D-洋地黄毒糖。甙元是酯型妊烯类化合物，水解后产生热马酮、去酰牛皮消甙元、萝藦甙元、肉珊瑚甙元、乙酸、桂皮酸等。相关论述
The compound contains about 0.3% mixed glycosides, with sugars being various deoxy-sugars: D-kanamycin, D-shamnose, L-rhamnose, and D-digitalose. The glycoside moiety is an ester-type pregnane compound, which upon hydrolysis produces hentriacontane, deacetylnitidine, rotenone, digitoxin, acetic acid, and cinnamic acid, among others.

1、《本草经集注》：补益精气，强盛阴道。2、《唐本草》：主虚劳。3、《本草拾遗》：主金疮，生肤止血，捣碎敷疮上。4、《本草推陈》：适用于老人元阳虚弱，阳萎遗精。临床应用 临床应用

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica Annotations": Tonifies essence and qi, strengthens the vagina.2. "Tang Materia Medica": Treats deficiency and fatigue.3. "Supplement to the Materia Medica": Treats traumatic injuries, promotes skin regeneration and stops bleeding, apply crushed herbs on the wound.4. "Materia Medica Pushing Back the Aged": Suitable for elderly individuals with deficiency of primordial yang, impotence, and spermatorrhea. Clinical application.

治肾虚阳痿：萝藦子、补骨脂各9g，枸杞子12g，煎服。（《安徽中草药》）加工炮制 采收加工
Treatment for kidney deficiency and impotence: 9g of Cistanche, 9g of Psoralea fruit, and 12g of Goji berries, decoct and take orally. (From "Anhui Chinese Herbal Medicine") Processing method: Harvest and process.

秋季采收成熟果实，晒干。植物学信息 植物种属
Harvest the ripe fruits in autumn and sun-dry them. Botanical information about the plant species.

萝藦科植物萝藦.形态特征
The morphological characteristics of the plant Luffa from the Cucurbitaceae family.

多年生草质藤本，长达8m。全株具乳汁；茎下部木质化，上部较柔韧，有纵条纹，幼叶密被短柔毛，老时毛渐脱落。叶对生，膜质；叶柄长3-6cm，先端具丛生腺体；叶片卵状心形，长5-12cm，宽4-7cm，选择端短渐尖，基部心形，叶耳圆，长1-2cm，上面绿色，下面粉绿色，两面无毛；侧脉10-12寸，在叶背略明显。总状式聚伞花序腑生或腑外生；总花梗6-12cm，被短柔毛；花梗第约8mm，被短柔毛；小苞片膜质，披针形，先端渐司法厅；花萼裂片披针形，外面被微毛；花冠白色，有淡紫红色斑纹，近辐状；花冠上，短5裂，裂片兜状；雄蕊连生成圆锥状，并包围雄蕊在其中花粉块下垂；子房由2枚离生心皮组成财贸毛，术头延伸成一长吡，先端2裂。果叉生，纺外向锤形，平滑无毛，长8-9cm，先端渐尖，基部膨大。种子扁平，褐色，有膜质边，先端具白色绢质状毛。花期7-8月，果期9-12月。分布区域
Perennial herbaceous vine, reaching up to 8 meters in length. The entire plant contains latex; the lower part of the stem becomes woody, while the upper part is relatively flexible with longitudinal stripes. Young leaves are densely covered with short soft hairs, which gradually fall off as the leaves age. Leaves are opposite, membranous; leaf stalks are 3-6 cm long, with clusters of glands at the tips; leaf blades are ovate-heart-shaped, 5-12 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, with a short tapering tip, heart-shaped base, rounded leaf lobes measuring 1-2 cm long. The upper surface of the leaves is green, the lower surface is pale green, and both sides are hairless; there are 10-12 pairs of veins, slightly prominent on the leaf back. The inflorescence is a compound umbel, borne axillary or terminal; the peduncle is 6-12 cm long, covered with short soft hairs; the pedicels are about 8 mm long, also covered with short soft hairs; bracts are membranous, lanceolate, gradually tapering at the tip; sepals are lanceolate, with slight hairs on the outside; the corolla is white, with pale purple-red spots, nearly radial; corolla lobes are short and 5-lobed, forming a hood; stamens are fused into a cone, surrounding the pistil with the pollen sacs hanging down inside; the ovary consists of 2 separate carpels covered in hairs, with styles extending into a long beak, and the tips are 2-lobed. The fruit is a pair of follicles, spindle-shaped, smooth, hairless, 8-9 cm long, gradually tapering at the tip, and swollen at the base. Seeds are flat, brown, with membranous edges, and white silky hairs at the tips. Flowering occurs from July to August, and fruiting occurs from September to December. Distribution area.

分布于东北、华北、华东及陕西、甘肃、河南、湖北、湖南、贵州等地。生长环境
Distributed in Northeast China, North China, East China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, and other regions. Growing environment.

生于林边荒地、河边、路旁灌木丛中。
Born in the wilderness by the forest, riverside, and roadside shrubs.