水冬瓜，中药材名。本品为茜草科植物鸡仔木的全株。拉丁植物名：Adinaracemosa(Sieb.EtZucc.)Miq.采收和储藏：全年均可采，切段鲜用。功能主治为：清热解毒；活血散瘀。主感冒发热；肺热咳嗽；胃肠炎；痢疾；风火牙痛；痈疽肿毒；湿疹；跌打损伤；外伤出血。
Shui-dong-gua, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. This product is the whole plant of the Rubiaceae plant Adina racemosa (Sieb. Et Zucc.) Miq. Harvest and storage: can be harvested all year round, and used fresh. Functions and indications: Clears heat and detoxifies; promotes blood circulation and dispels stasis. Used for common cold with fever; lung heat cough; gastroenteritis; dysentery; toothache due to wind-heat; carbuncle and swelling; eczema; bruises; and external bleeding due to trauma.

功效作用 功能
The efficacy and functions.

清热解毒；活血散瘀。主治
Clearing heat and detoxifying; promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Mainly used for治疗...

主感冒发热；肺热咳嗽；胃肠炎；痢疾；风火牙痛；痈疽肿毒；湿疹；跌打损伤；外伤出血。用法用量
Common cold with fever; lung heat cough; gastroenteritis; dysentery; toothache due to wind-heat; carbuncle and swelling toxicity; eczema; bruises and injuries; external bleeding. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，10-30g。外用：适量，捣敷；或煎水洗。化学成分
Internal use: Decoction, 10-30g. External use: Appropriate amount, apply as a poultice; or decoct and wash. Chemical composition.

树皮及木质部含β-谷甾醇(β-sitooierol)，去甲丁香色原酮(noreugenin)，东茛菪素(scopoletin)及东茛菪甙(scopolin)；树皮还含苯甲酸(benzoicacid)。植物学信息 形态特征
The bark and xylem of this plant contain β-sitosterol, noreugenin, scopoletin, and scopolin. The bark also contains benzoic acid. Botanical information includes morphological characteristics.

鸡仔木，半常绿或落叶乔木，高6-14m。树皮厚，灰黑色，粗糙，具纵横短裂纹；小枝无毛。叶对生；叶柄长2-3cm；托叶2裂，裂片圆形，早落;叶片纸质，卵形或宽卵形，长9-15cm，宽4.5-9cm，先端短渐尖，基部圆形到浅心形，上面无毛而有光泽，下面有白色短柔毛。头状花序球形，总状花序式顶生，盛开时直径2-2.3cm；总花梗长2.5-3cm，光滑；花5数，被毛，长8-9mm，直径约2mm，淡黄色。蒴果楔形，长4-5mm，直径1.5mm，花期6-7月，果熟期9-10月。分布区域
Chicken-winged yew is a semi-evergreen or deciduous tree, 6-14m tall. The bark is thick, gray-black, rough, with longitudinal and transverse short cracks; the twigs are hairless. The leaves are opposite; the petiole is 2-3cm long; the stipules are 2-lobed, with round lobes that fall off early; the leaf blade is papery, ovate or broadly ovate, 9-15cm long, 4.5-9cm wide, with a shortly acuminate apex, and a rounded to shallow cordate base, hairless and glossy on the upper surface, and with white short soft hairs on the lower surface. The head-like inflorescence is spherical, with a terminal cyme, and when fully open, it has a diameter of 2-2.3cm; the peduncle is 2.5-3cm long, smooth; the flowers are 5-merous, hairy, 8-9mm long, with a diameter of about 2mm, and pale yellow. The capsule is wedge-shaped, 4-5mm long, with a diameter of 1.5mm. The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from September to October. Distribution area: [not provided]

资源分布：分布于江苏、安徽、浙江、台湾、湖南、广东、广西、四川、贵州、云南等地。生长环境
Distribution: Found in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Taiwan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and other regions. Growing environment

生态环境：生于海拔350-600m的山坡疏林中。
Ecological environment: It grows in sparse forests on slopes at an altitude of 350-600 meters.