竻苋菜，中药名。为苋科植物刺苋Amaranthus spinosus L.的根或全草。具有清热，利湿，解毒，消肿的功效。主治痢疾，便血，浮肿，白带，胆结石，瘰疬，痔疮，疔疮，喉痛，蛇咬伤。
Le-xian-cai, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. Amaranthus spinosus L.) is the root or whole plant of the Amaranthus spinosus L., a plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, detoxification, and reducing swelling. It is mainly used to treat dysentery, bloody stools, edema, leukorrhea, gallstones, scrofula, hemorrhoids, carbuncles, sore throat, and snake bites.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

清热，利湿，解毒，消肿。主治
Clearing heat, promoting diuresis, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. Mainly used for治疗(main treatment of)

主要用于痢疾，便血，浮肿，白带，胆结石，瘰疬，痔疮，疔疮，喉痛，蛇咬伤。用法用量
Mainly used for dysentery, bloody stools, edema, leukorrhea, gallstones, scrofula, hemorrhoids, furuncles, sore throat, and snake bites. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，9-15g（鲜者30-60g）。外用：煎水洗，捣敷或烧存性研末撒。注意事项
Internal use: Decoction, 9-15g (30-60g for fresh herbs). External use: Decoction for washing, mashed for application, or burned into ash for sprinkling. Precautions.

《广西中药志》：虚痢日久及孕妇忌服。化学成分
"Guangxi Materia Medica" : Chronic diarrhea and pregnant women should avoid taking it. Chemical composition.

根含黄酮甙、氨基酸、有机酸、糖类。相关论述
Roots contain flavonoid glycosides, amino acids, organic acids, and sugars. Further discussion is needed.

1、《岭南采药录》：取叶茎煎饮，清热解毒，散血消肿，治痢；煎水洗痔疮，消水肿；又捣烂以之擦血癣。2、《福建民间草药》：消痈散结，杀虫解毒。3、《陆川本草》：解热毒，消肿。治湿热浮肿，暑天热气皮疹溃烂出水。4、《广西中药志》：清热利湿，利大小肠。治痢疾，大便出血及湿热肚痛，外用可捣烂敷疮。5、《闽东本草》：治牙龈糜烂，臁疮出血，痈疽厅疖，腐蚀恶肉。临床应用 临床应用

1. "Lingnan Materia Medica": Take the leaves and stems to decoct for drinking, which can clear heat, detoxify, disperse blood, reduce swelling, and treat dysentery; decoct and use the water to wash hemorrhoids and reduce edema; also mash it into a paste to apply on blood scabs.2. "Folk Herbal Medicine in Fujian": It can dissipate abscesses, disperse nodules, kill parasites, and detoxify.3. "Luchuan Materia Medica": It can relieve heat toxins and reduce swelling. It is used to treat damp-heat edema, skin rashes with ulceration and oozing in hot weather.4. "Guangxi Herbal Medicine Records": It can clear heat, promote diuresis, and regulate the functions of the large and small intestines. It is used to treat dysentery, bloody stools, damp-heat abdominal pain, and can be mashed and applied externally to treat sores.5. "Herbal Medicine in Mindong": It is used to treat gingival erosion, bleeding from anal fissures, carbuncles, boils, and necrotic tissues. Clinical applications.

1、治痢疾：鲜刺苋根一两，红糖半两。酌加水，煎取半碗，饭前服。（《福建民间草药》）2、治妇女白带：鲜刺苋根一至二两。水煎，加些冰糖服。（《福建民间草药》）3、治胆结石：鲜刺苋全草（绿茎较好）六两，猪小肠一段。水煎服，每日一剂，连续服用。（《福建中草药》）4、治甲状腺肿大：鲜野苋菜根和茎二两，猪肉二两（或用冰糖五钱代之）。水煎于饭后温服，日服两次，连续服十余天。妇女经期及孕妇忌服。5、治瘰疬：鲜刺苋全草或鲜根茎二至三两。水煎调酒服。6、治湿疹：刺苋全草适量。水煎，加食盐少许，洗浴患处。（④方以下出《福建中医药》（6）：38，1962）7、治痔疮肿痛：鲜刺苋叶一握。煎汤熏洗，每日一、二次。（《福建民间草药》）8、治痈疽疔疖：鲜刺苋叶适量，调冬蜜捣烂敷贴，日换一、二次。（《福建民间草药》）9、治牙龈糜烂出血：刺苋烧灰，研末擦。（《闽东本草》）10、治咽喉痛：鲜刺苋根一两五钱。水煎服。（《江西草药》）11、治臁疮：刺苋和桐油捣烂贴患处。（《闽东本草》）12、治蛇咬伤：鲜刺苋全草二两。加水适量煎服。另取叶一握，以开水洗净，捣烂敷贴伤口。（《福建民间草药》）加工炮制 采收加工

1. Treatment for dysentery: Take one or two fresh purslane roots, half a liang of brown sugar. Add water, decoct half a bowl, and take before meals. (From "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")2. Treatment for abnormal vaginal discharge in women: Take one to two fresh purslane roots. Decoct in water, add some rock sugar and take. (From "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")3. Treatment for gallstones: Take six liang of fresh purslane whole plant (preferably with green stems) and a section of pig small intestine. Decoct in water and take one dose daily, continuously. (From "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine")4. Treatment for goiter: Take two liang of fresh wild purslane roots and stems, two liang of pork (or substitute with five qian of rock sugar). Decoct in water, take warm after meals, twice a day, continuously for over ten days. Women during menstruation and pregnant women should avoid taking this remedy.5. Treatment for scrofula: Take two to three liang of fresh purslane whole plant or fresh roots and stems. Decoct in water, mix with alcohol and take.6. Treatment for eczema: Take an appropriate amount of fresh purslane whole plant. Decoct in water, add a little salt, and use to wash the affected area. (From "Fujian Traditional Chinese Medicine" (6): 38, 1962)7. Treatment for painful hemorrhoids: Take a handful of fresh purslane leaves. Decoct to make a solution for fumigation and washing, once or twice daily. (From "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")8. Treatment for carbuncles and furuncles: Take an appropriate amount of fresh purslane leaves, mix with winter honey, mash into a paste, and apply as a poultice, changing once or twice daily. (From "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")9. Treatment for bleeding gums: Burn purslane to ash, grind into powder, and apply for rubbing. (From "Minnan Materia Medica")10. Treatment for sore throat: Take one liang and five qian of fresh purslane roots. Decoct in water and take. (From "Jiangxi Herbal Medicine")11. Treatment for perianal abscess: Mash purslane with tung oil and apply to the affected area. (From "Minnan Materia Medica")12. Treatment for snake bites: Take two liang of fresh purslane whole plant. Decoct in an appropriate amount of water and take. Also, take a handful of leaves, wash with boiling water, mash, and apply to the wound. (From "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")

夏、秋可采。植物学信息 植物种属
Summer and autumn are suitable for harvesting. Botanical information: plant species.

苋科植物刺苋。形态特征
Amaranthaceae plant: Spiny amaranth. Morphological characteristics.

多年生直立草本，高30cm至1m左右，多分枝。茎有时呈红色，下部光滑，上部稍有毛。叶互生；卵形或菱状卵形，长4-10cm，宽1-3cm，两端渐狭，全缘或微波状，中脉背面隆起，先端有细刺；叶柄几与叶片等长或稍短；叶腋有坚刺1对。花单性，雌花簇生于叶腋，呈球状；雄花集为顶生的直立或微垂的圆柱形穗状花序；花小，绿色或绿白色，刺毛状苞片约与萼片同长成过之；萼片5；雄蕊5。胞果近卵形，盖裂。花果期5-10月。分布区域
Perennial erect herb, about 30cm to 1m tall, with many branches. The stem is sometimes red, smooth at the base, and slightly hairy at the top. Leaves are alternate; ovate or rhombic-ovate, 4-10cm long, 1-3cm wide, gradually narrowing at both ends, with entire or slightly wavy margins, raised midrib on the back, and fine thorns at the apex; leaf stalks are nearly equal to or slightly shorter than the leaf blade; each leaf axil has a pair of strong thorns. Flowers are unisexual, female flowers clustered in leaf axils, spherical; male flowers gathered into terminal erect or slightly drooping cylindrical spike-like inflorescences; flowers are small, green or greenish-white, with prickly bracts about the same length as the sepals; sepals are 5; stamens are 5. Capsules are nearly ovate, dehiscent. Flowering and fruiting period is from May to October. Distribution area.

全国大部分地区有分布。产江苏、浙江、四川、江西、福建、广东、广西等地。生长环境
It is distributed in most parts of the country, mainly in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and other regions. It grows in specific environments.

野生于荒地或圃地。
Wild in wasteland or cultivated land.