多年生草本

Herbs perennial

叶互生，无柄或近无柄，椭圆状披针形至条形，长8-25厘米，宽2-6厘米，先端急尖，基部圆形至阔楔形，全缘或顶部有明显的锯齿

Leaves alternate, sessile or subsessile, Elliptic lanceolate to striate, 8-25 cm long, 2-6 cm wide, apex acute, base rounded to broadly cuneate, entire or apex distinctly serrate

花冠粉红色或白色。花期5-10月

Corolla pink or white. Flowering from May to October

蒴果倒锥状，长约6毫米。种子椭圆状，稍扁压，近肉色。果期5-10月

Capsule inverted conical, CA. 6 mm long. Seeds ellipsoid, slightly flat pressed, subfleshy. Fruit season May-October

清热解毒、利尿消肿之效

Have the  effect of detoxification and diuresis

治毒蛇咬伤、肝硬化腹水、晚期血吸虫病腹水、阑尾炎等。

Treat venomous snake bite, cirrhosis ascites, late schistosomiasis ascites, appendicitis.

半边莲对于孕妇是禁用药，建议不要再怀孕期间服用任何中西医药物

It is forbidden for pregnant women to take Lobelia chinensis. It is recommended that no Chinese or Western medicine be taken during pregnancy

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Question: When can we see the flower of lobelia chinensis ?

Answer: During Mat to October.

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Q2:Why can’t pregnant women take lobelia chinensis?

Answer: Chinese medicine with the effects of detoxification, catharsis and wetting include lobelia chinensis, may cause foetal deformity and child mental retardation. In serious case, it can lead to abortion.

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Q3:How to use lobelia chinensis to treat victims from venomous snake bite?

Answer: With fresh lobelia chinensis mashed for both internal and external application at the same time. This can also be used for mosquito bites, scorpions sting. Can also be used for furuncle, etc.

習性：

生長在臺灣、中國長江中下游及其以南各省、及東亞地區等之低海拔濕地。

Growth habit:

Growth in Taiwan, China’s lower reaches of the Yangtze River and its southern provinces, and East Asia and other low-altitude wetlands.

葉互生，無柄，葉片多皺縮，綠褐色，展平後葉片呈狹披針形或長小，單生於葉腋

Leaf:

Alternating leaves without petioles; leaves are wrinkled, greenish-brown, narrow lanceolate or long and small after being stretched flat

花冠基部連合，上部5裂，偏向一

Flower:

Flowers are small, growing singularly at leaf joints; corolla base is tube-shaped, upper portion has 5 lobes, oriented towards one side. Faint odor; taste slightly sweet and acrid.

果實倒錐狀

Inverted cone shaped fruit

甘，平

Sweet; neutral

清熱解毒；利水消腫。主治毒蛇咬傷；癰腫疔瘡；扁桃體炎；濕疹；足癬；跌打損傷；濕熱黃疸；闌尾炎；腸炎；腎炎；肝硬化腹水及多種癌症。

Treats

Clears heat, resolves toxin, promotes urination, disperse swelling. Apply to bites by snakes, anthracia and furunculosis, tonsillitis, eczema, tinea pedis, traumatic injury, jaundice and dampness and heat, appendicitis, enteritis, nephritis, cirrhosis and abdominal edema and various cancers.

以莖葉色綠、根黃者為佳

Superior medicinal material has green stems and leaves, yellow roots