酸果藤，中药名。为紫金牛科信筒子属植物酸果藤Embelia laeta（L.）Mez（E.obovata Hemsl.）的根、叶及果实。根、叶：祛瘀止痛，消炎，止泻。根主治痢疾，肠炎，消化不良，咽喉肿痛，跌打损伤；叶外用治跌打损伤，皮肤瘙痒。果：强壮，补血。主治闭经，贫血，胃酸缺乏。
Suan-guo-teng, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. 酸果藤), the root, leaves, and fruit of the plant Embelia laeta (L.) Mez (E.obovata Hemsl.) in the family Primulaceae, is used in traditional Chinese medicine. The root and leaves are used to promote blood circulation, alleviate pain, reduce inflammation, and stop diarrhea. The root is primarily used to treat dysentery, enteritis, indigestion, sore throat, and injuries from falls or blows; the leaves are applied externally to treat injuries from falls or blows and itchy skin. The fruit is used to tonify the body, nourish the blood, and is mainly used to treat amenorrhea, anemia, and deficiency of gastric acid.

功效作用 Efficacy and Functions

根、叶：祛瘀止痛，消炎，止泻。果：强壮，补血。
Roots and leaves: promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis, relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and stop diarrhea. Fruits: strengthen the body, nourish blood.

主治 Indications

根：痢疾，肠炎，消化不良，咽喉肿痛，跌打损伤。叶：外用治跌打损伤，皮肤瘙痒。果：闭经，贫血，胃酸缺乏。
Root: dysentery, enteritis, indigestion, sore throat, bruises and injuries. Leaves: externally used for treating bruises and injuries, itchy skin. Fruit: amenorrhea, anemia, lack of stomach acid.

用法用量 Dosage and Administration

根15-30g，果9-15g；鲜叶外用适量，捣烂敷患处。
Take 15-30g of the roots and 9-15g of the fruits; for external use, apply an appropriate amount of fresh leaves after crushing them.

加工炮制 Processing and Preparation

采收加工：根、叶全年可采，根洗净切片晒干，叶晒干或鲜用；夏季采果，蒸熟晒干。
The roots and leaves can be harvested all year round. The roots should be washed, sliced, and dried in the sun, while the leaves can be dried or used fresh. Fruits should be harvested in summer, steamed, cooked, and then dried.

植物学信息 Botanical Information

植物种属：紫金牛科信筒子属植物酸果藤。
The sour fruit vine is a plant of the Myrsinaceae family, genus Xintongzi.

形态特征 Morphological Characteristics

攀援灌木，有时伏地，高1-2m；枝有皮孔。叶柄长2-6mm；叶片坚纸质，椭圆形或倒卵形，长3-5.5cm，宽1-2.5cm，基部楔形，顶端极钝，少有微凹，全缘，侧脉不清楚。总状花序腋生或侧生，有3-8花，长5-8mm；花4出，白色，长约2mm；萼片卵形，钝，有腺点；花冠裂片椭圆形，卵形；雄蕊着生于花冠裂片基部而长于后者，花药宽卵形；雌花的雄蕊极缩小，雌蕊约与花冠裂片等长，柱头稍膨大；雄花的雌蕊极缩小。果直径5-6mm，平滑或有纵皱缩条纹和少数腺点。
The climbing shrub sometimes creeps on the ground, reaching a height of 1-2 meters; its branches have lenticels. The leaf stalk is 2-6mm long; the leaf blade is tough and papery, elliptic or ovate, 3-5.5cm long and 1-2.5cm wide, with a wedge-shaped base, very blunt apex, slightly concave, entire margin, and indistinct lateral veins. The raceme is axillary or lateral, with 3-8 flowers, 5-8mm long; the flowers are tetramerous, white, about 2mm long; the sepals are ovate, blunt, with glandular dots; the corolla lobes are elliptic or ovate; the stamens are adnate to the base of the corolla lobes and longer than the latter, with broadly ovate anthers; the stamens of the pistillate flowers are greatly reduced, the pistil about equal in length to the corolla lobes, and the stigma slightly enlarged; the pistils of the staminate flowers are greatly reduced. The fruit is 5-6mm in diameter, smooth or with longitudinal wrinkled stripes and a few glandular dots.

分布区域 Distribution Area

分布于江西、福建、广东、广西；越南也有。
Distributed in Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi; also found in Vietnam.