黄瓜子，中药名。为葫芦科香瓜属植物黄瓜Cucumis sativus L.的种子。具有续筋接骨，祛风，消痰的功效。主治骨折筋伤，风湿痹痛，老年痰喘。
Huang-gua-zi, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. the seed of the plant Cucumis sativus L. of the Cucurbitaceae family, has the functions of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, dispelling wind, and resolving phlegm. It is used to treat bone fractures, tendon injuries, rheumatic pain, and phlegm-related asthma in the elderly.

功效作用 Efficacy and Functions

续筋接骨，祛风，消痰。
Tonifying tendons and bones, dispelling wind, and resolving phlegm.

主治 Indications

骨折筋伤，风湿痹痛，老年痰喘。
Fractures, muscle injuries, rheumatic pain, and elderly phlegm-induced asthma.

用法用量 Dosage and Administration

内服：研末，3-10g；或入丸、散。外用：研末调敷。
Internal use: 3-10g of powdered medicine; or made into pills or powder. External use: powdered medicine mixed for external application.

化学成分 Chemical Composition

黄瓜子含脂肪油，其中脂肪酸：油酸，亚油酸，棕榈酸，硬脂酸。
Cucumber seeds contain fatty oils, including fatty acids such as oleic acid, linoleic acid, palmitic acid, and stearic acid.

临床应用 Clinical Applications

1、治伤筋骨折：古钱1枚（于炭火中烧红醋煅49次，再和硫黄、硼砂一同置于砂壶内密封，炼红烧透，制成炭用），黄瓜子49g，麝香1.5g（另研），先将前二味碎成细粉，与麝香一同混匀。每次1-2g，每日1-2次，白酒为引送服。（《实用蒙药学》）

1. Treatment for bone fractures: Take one ancient coin (burned red in charcoal fire and soaked in vinegar for 49 times, then sealed in a sand pot with sulfur and borax, and cooked until red and transparent to make charcoal), 49g of cucumber seeds, and 1.5g of musk (ground separately). First, grind the first two ingredients into fine powder, then mix them with musk. Take 1-2g each time, 1-2 times a day, and drink with white wine. (From "Practical Mongolian Medicine")

2、治跌打损伤，风湿性腰腿痛：黄瓜子30g（培黄），蛇蜕1条。共研细末，分3次服。（《辽宁常用中草药手册》）
2. Treatment for bruises, sprains, and rheumatic pain in the lower back and legs: Take 30g of cucumber seeds (peeled and ground) and 1 piece of snake slough. Grind them into fine powder and take in three doses. (From "Liaoning Common Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook")

3、治老年哮喘：黄瓜子（炒黄研末）、核桃仁、杏仁、蜂蜜各15g，混合捣碎，睡前服9g。（《吉林中草药》）
3. Treatment for elderly asthma: Take 15g each of cucumber seeds (fried and ground), walnut kernels, almonds, and honey, mix and crush them together, and take 9g before bedtime. (From "Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine")

加工炮制 Processing and Preparation

采收加工：7-10月采收成熟的果实，剖开，取出种子，晒干。
Harvest the mature fruits from July to October, cut them open, remove the seeds, and dry them in the sun.

植物学信息 Botanical Information

植物种属：葫芦科香瓜属植物黄瓜。
The cucumber is a plant of the Cucurbitaceae family, genus Cucumis.

形态特征 Morphological Characteristics

一年生蔓生草本。茎枝长，具纵沟及棱，被白色硬糙毛。卷须细。单叶互生；叶柄稍粗糙；叶片三角状宽卵形，膜质，两面甚粗糙，掌状3-5裂，裂片三角形并具锯齿，有时边缘具缘毛。花单性，雌雄同株；雄花常数朵簇生于叶腋，花梗细，被柔毛，花萼筒狭钟状圆筒形，密被白色长柔毛，花萼裂片钻形，花冠黄白色，花冠裂片长圆状披针形，急尖，雄蕊3，花丝近无；雌花单生，或稀簇生；子房纺锤形，柱头3。果实长圆形或圆柱形，长10-30（-50）cm，熟时黄绿色，表面粗糙，具有刺尖的瘤状凸起。种子小，狭卵形，白色。花、果期为夏、秋季。
It is an annual creeping herbaceous plant. The stems are long, with longitudinal grooves and edges, covered with white hard rough hairs. The tendrils are thin. The leaves are alternate; the petioles are slightly rough; the leaf blades are triangular-ovate, membranous, very rough on both sides, palmately 3-5 lobed, with triangular lobes and serrations, sometimes with marginal hairs. The flowers are unisexual, with male and female flowers on the same plant; male flowers are often clustered in several in leaf axils, with slender pedicels, covered with soft hairs, the calyx tube narrowly bell-shaped or cylindrical, densely covered with long white soft hairs, the calyx lobes lanceolate, the corolla yellowish-white, the corolla lobes long elliptic-lanceolate, acute, with 3 stamens, nearly without filaments; female flowers solitary or rarely clustered; ovary spindle-shaped, with 3 stigmas. The fruit is oblong or cylindrical, 10-30 (-50) cm long when ripe, yellow-green, rough on the surface, with prickly wart-like protrusions. The seeds are small, narrowly ovoid, and white. The flowering and fruiting period is in summer and autumn.

分布区域 Distribution Area

我国各地均有栽培，且许多地区均有温室或塑料大棚进行栽培，已做到全年供应。
Grown in various regions across the country, many areas have greenhouses or plastic tunnels for cultivation, ensuring a year-round supply.

生长环境 Growing Environment

现广泛种植于热带和温带地区。
Now widely cultivated in tropical and temperate regions.