7天胡荽

天胡荽

Hydiocotyle Sibthorpioides Lam.

天胡荽 （读音：tiān hú suī ）（学名：Hydrocotyle
sibthorpioides），为伞形科天胡荽属。多年生草本，有气味。茎细长而匍
匐，平铺地上成片，节上生根。叶片膜质至草质，圆形或肾圆形，基部心形，
两耳有时相接，不分裂或 5-7 裂，裂片阔倒卵形，边缘有钝齿，表面光滑，背
面脉上疏被粗伏毛，有时两面光滑或密被柔毛；叶柄长 0.7-9 厘米，无毛或顶
端有毛；托叶略呈半圆形，薄膜质，全缘或稍有浅裂。伞形花序与叶对生，单
生于节上；花序梗纤细，；小总苞片卵形至卵状披针形，有黄色透明腺点，背
部有 1 条不明显的脉；小伞形花序有花 5-18，花无柄或有极短的柄，花瓣卵
形，有腺点；花丝与花瓣同长或稍超出，花药卵形；花柱长 0.6-1 毫米。果实
略呈心形，成熟时有紫色斑点。花果期 4-9 月。

产于中国多省区。通常生长在湿润的草地、河沟边、林下；海拔 475-3000 米。
朝鲜、日本、东南亚至印度也有分布。全草入药，清热、利尿、消肿、解毒，
治黄疸、赤白痢疾、目翳、喉肿、痈疽疔疮、跌打瘀伤。

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides is a small plant native to southeastern
Asia. It is also referred to as lawn marshpennywort.[2] It is a dicot,
traditionally placed in the family Apiaceae, but more recently suggested to
belong in the Araliaceae.[3] It grows in great abundance when the conditions
are right. Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides originated in southeastern Asia, but is
slowly spreading in the United States, along with other places around the
world. It can grow in a wide variety of habitats. This plant has been used for
medicinal purposes in Asia.

Medical uses
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides is used to treat asthma in areas of Nepal.
Bengali villagers use the entire plant to help heal bone fractures.[14] The
plant extract has also been used to treat edema, fever, throat pain,
psoriasis, and the hepatitis B virus.[15]