大苞甲跖草，中药名。为鸭跖草科植物大苞鸭跖草CommelinapaludosaBl.的全草。具有利水消肿，清热解毒，凉血止血的功效。主治水肿，脚气，小便不利，热淋尿血，鼻衄，血崩，痢疾，咽喉肿痛，丹毒，痈肿疮毒，蛇虫咬伤。
Da-bao-ya-zhi-cao, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. the whole herb of Commelina paludosa Bl., a plant of the Commelinaceae family. It has the functions of promoting diuresis, reducing swelling, clearing heat and detoxification, cooling blood, and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used for edema, athlete's foot, difficult urination, hematuria caused by heat, epistaxis, menorrhagia, dysentery, sore throat, erysipelas, carbuncle, snake and insect bites.

功效作用 功能
The efficacy and functions.

利水消肿，清热解毒，凉血止血。主治
Promoting diuresis to reduce edema, clearing heat and detoxifying, and cooling blood to stop bleeding. Used to treat...

水肿，脚气，小便不利，热淋尿血，鼻衄，血崩，痢疾，咽喉肿痛，丹毒，痈肿疮毒，蛇虫咬伤。用法用量
Edema, athlete's foot, difficult urination, hematuria, epistaxis, menorrhagia, dysentery, sore throat, erysipelas, carbuncle, snake and insect bites. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，15-30g，鲜品30-45g；或捣汁含咽。外用：适量，捣敷。相关论述
Internal use: Decoction, 15-30g dried or 30-45g fresh; or pounded for juice to be taken orally. External use: Apply an appropriate amount, pounded for external application. Relevant discussion.

《云南中药志》：“行水，清热，凉血，解毒。用于水肿，脚气，小便不利，感冒，丹毒，腮腺炎，黄疸型肝炎，热痢，疟疾，鼻衄，尿血，血崩，白带，咽喉肿，痈疽疔疮。”加工炮制 采收加工
"Yunnan Materia Medica" states: "Promotes urination, clears heat, cools blood, and detoxifies. Used for edema, athlete's foot, difficult urination, common cold, erysipelas, parotitis, jaundice-type hepatitis, dysentery, malaria, epistaxis, hematuria, menorrhagia, leukorrhea, throat swelling, and carbuncle." Processing and preparation: collection and processing.

夏、秋季采收，洗净，鲜用或晒干。保存方法
Harvest in summer or autumn, wash and clean the herbs, and then use them fresh or dry them. As for the storage method, please let me know if you need further information.

置阴凉通风干燥处保存。防潮，防霉，防蛀。植物学信息 植物种属
Store in a cool, ventilated and dry place. Keep away from moisture, mold, and insects. Botanical information about the plant species.

鸭跖草科鸭跖草属大苞鸭跖草。形态特征
The large bract bugleweed belongs to the Lamiaceae family and the Ajuga genus. It has distinctive morphological characteristics.

多年生直立粗壮草本，高约80cm。不分枝或上部分枝，幼枝一侧被1条棕色柔毛，后变为无毛。叶互生；叶片披针形或卵状披针形，长10-16cm，宽2-4.5cm，先端长渐尖，基部渐狭，两面被疏柔毛或短刚毛；叶鞘宽大，长2.5-3cm，宽0.8-1.5cm，边缘密被棕色长睫毛。总苞片数个在茎顶集成头状，下缘合生成扁的漏斗状，长约2cm；聚伞花序有花3-7，具短梗；萼片3，膜质，披针形，长约5mm；花3，蓝色，薄膜质，匙形或倒卵圆形，长5-8mm，宽约4mm，内面2片具爪；雄蕊6，发育雄蕊3，花丝无毛；子房近椭圆形，3室。蒴果倒卵状三棱形，长约4mm，3瓣裂，每室有1颗种子。种子椭圆形。花期6-8月，果期9-12月。分布区域
Perennial erect robust herb, about 80cm tall. Unbranched or with upper branches, young branches on one side with brown soft hairs, later becoming hairless. Leaves opposite; leaf blade lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 10-16cm long, 2-4.5cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, gradually narrowed at the base, sparsely hairy or shortly stiff hairy on both sides; leaf sheath broad, 2.5-3cm long, 0.8-1.5cm wide, densely covered with brown long cilia on the margin. Several bracts are gathered into a head-shaped inflorescence at the top of the stem, forming a flat funnel-shaped structure at the lower edge, about 2cm long; umbel inflorescence with 3-7 flowers, with short pedicels; sepals 3, membranous, lanceolate, about 5mm long; flowers 3, blue, membranous, spoon-shaped or inverted ovate, 5-8mm long, about 4mm wide, with 2 clawed inner petals; stamens 6, with 3 developed stamens, filaments hairless; ovary nearly elliptic, 3-loculed. Capsule inverted ovate-triangular, about 4mm long, 3-lobed, with 1 seed in each locule. Seeds elliptical. Flowering period from June to August, fruiting period from September to December. Distribution area.

分布于江西、福建、台湾、湖南、广东、海南、广西、四川、贵州、云南、西藏等地。生长环境
Distributed in Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet and other regions. Growing environment

生于海拔（110-）1000-2000（-2700）m的溪边、山谷及山坡林下阴湿处。
Born in the damp and shady areas near streams, valleys, and slopes at an altitude of 1000-2000 (-2700) meters.