湖北海棠，中药名。为蔷薇科苹果属植物湖北海棠Malus hupehensis（Pamp.）Rehd .【Pirus hupehensis Pamp.】的嫩叶及果实。具有消积化滞、和胃健脾的功效。主治食积停滞、消化不良、痢疾、疳积。
Hu-bei-hai-tang, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. The tender leaves and fruits of the Malus hupehensis (Pamp.) Rehd. [Pirus hupehensis Pamp.], a plant belonging to the Rosaceae family and the Malus genus. It has the functions of promoting digestion, relieving stagnation, and invigorating the spleen. It is mainly used to treat food stagnation, poor digestion, dysentery, and malnutrition.

功效作用 功能
Efficacy and Functions

消积化滞、和胃健脾。主治
Promoting digestion, resolving food stagnation, harmonizing the stomach, and invigorating the spleen. Mainly used for treating...

食积停滞、消化不良、痢疾、疳积。用法用量
Food stagnation, poor digestion, diarrhea, and malnutrition. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，鲜果60-90g；或嫩叶适量，泡茶饮。化学成分
Internal use: Decoction, 60-90g of fresh fruit; or an appropriate amount of tender leaves, steeped in tea. Chemical composition.

叶含根皮素-2-葡萄糖甙，儿茶精，表儿茶精及微量黄酮醇-3-葡萄糖甙。相关论述
This text mentions quercetin-2-glucoside, catechin, epicatechin, and trace amounts of quercetin-3-glucoside.

《新华本草纲要》：“果，代山楂入药。”加工炮制 采收加工
"Xinhua Materia Medica" states: "Fruits can be used as a substitute for hawthorn in medicine." Processing methods include harvesting and processing.

夏、秋季采叶，鲜用；8-9月采果实，鲜用。药材鉴别 药材性状
In summer and autumn, the leaves are harvested for fresh use; the fruits are harvested in August and September for fresh use. Medicinal material identification and characteristics of medicinal materials.

性状鉴别：叶片卵形或卵状椭圆形，长5-10cm，宽2.5-4cm，先端急尖或渐尖，基部圆形或宽楔形，边缘有细锐锯齿，齿端具腺点，主脉下面具沟，幼叶被细毛，托叶2，披针形。落革质。气微，味微苦、涩。植物学信息 植物种属
Morphological identification: The leaves are ovate or ovate-elliptic, 5-10cm long, 2.5-4cm wide, with an acute or gradually pointed apex, a rounded or broadly wedge-shaped base, finely serrated edges, glandular dots at the tips of the teeth, grooves on the underside of the main veins, fine hairs on young leaves, and two lanceolate stipules. The texture is leathery. Slightly fragrant, with a slightly bitter and astringent taste. Botanical information about the plant species.

蔷薇科苹果属植物湖北海棠。形态特征
The Hubei crabapple is a plant belonging to the Rosaceae family and the Malus genus. Its morphological characteristics include:

湖北海棠，乔木，高达8m。小枝紫色至紫褐色，初有短柔毛，后脱落。单叶互生；叶柄长1-3cm；托叶线状披针形，时落；叶片卵形至卵状椭圆形，长5-10cm，宽2.5-4cm，边缘有细锐锯齿，嫩时具稀疏短柔毛，不久脱落，常呈紫红色。花两性；伞形花序，有花4-6朵，花梗长3-6cm，无毛或稍有长柔毛；花粉白色或近白色，直径3.5-4cm；花萼5，裂片三角状卵形，渐尖或急尖，约和萼筒等长或稍短；花瓣5，倒卵形；雄蕊20；花柱3，稀4，基部有长绒毛。梨果椭圆形或近球形，直径约1cm，黄绿色稍带红晕，萼裂片脱落；果梗长2-4cm。花期4-5月，果期8-9月。分布区域
Hubei Crabapple is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 8 meters tall. Its small branches are purple to purplish-brown, initially with short soft hairs that later fall off. The leaves are alternate; leaf stalks are 1-3cm long; stipules are linear-lanceolate, sometimes falling off; leaf blades are ovate to ovate-elliptic, 5-10cm long, 2.5-4cm wide, with finely serrated edges. When young, they have sparse short soft hairs that soon fall off, often appearing purplish-red. The flowers are bisexual; arranged in umbel-like inflorescences with 4-6 flowers, flower stalks are 3-6cm long, hairless or slightly hairy; pollen is white or nearly white, with a diameter of 3.5-4cm; calyx has 5 triangular-ovate lobes, gradually pointed or sharply pointed, about as long as or slightly shorter than the calyx tube; petals are 5, inverted ovate; stamens are 20; pistils are 3, rarely 4, with long hairs at the base. The fruit is oval or nearly spherical, about 1cm in diameter, yellow-green with a slight red blush, calyx lobes falling off; fruit stalk is 2-4cm long. It flowers from April to May and fruits from August to September. Distribution area.

分布于华东、西南及山西、陕西、甘肃河南、湖北、湖南、广东等地。生长环境
Distributed in East China, Southwest China, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, and other regions. Growing environment.

生于海参拔50-2900m的山坡或山谷丛林中。
It is born in the forests on mountain slopes or valleys at altitudes ranging from 50 to 2900 meters.