HerbID 3249

茜草

For promoting diuresis and penetrating dampness; Stasis-Resolving Hemostatic Medicinal; Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs

See Rubia cordifolia .; To clear heat and eliminate damp; disinhibit urine and free strangury.; To remove heat from blood and arrest bleeding; to eliminate blood stasis; and to stimulate menstrual discharge.

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Record Fields

Scalar fields from the final herb record.

Herb Id: 3249
Core Entity Id: 35629
Source Entity Count: 1
Preferred Name: 茜草
Name Cn: 茜草
Name Pinyin: Qian Cao
Name En: root of Tali Madder
Name Latin: Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma
Bilingual Status: complete
Property: Bitter; Cold; Mild; Sweet; Neutral; Cool
Flavor: Bitter; Sweet; Bland
Meridian: Bladder; Liver; Kidney; Gallbladder
Use Part: Root; Root And Rhizome; Aerial Parts
Function: See Rubia cordifolia .; To clear heat and eliminate damp; disinhibit urine and free strangury.; To remove heat from blood and arrest bleeding; to eliminate blood stasis; and to stimulate menstrual discharge.
Indication: 1. Hemostatic. 2. Bacteriostatic in vitro. 3. Antitussive and expectorant.; Heat strangury; sand strangury; stone strangury; pain of hot urine; scant urine with edema; jaundice with reddish urine; urethral stone.; See Rubia cordifolia.
Toxicity
Category Cn: 利水渗湿; 化瘀止血药; 利水渗湿药
Category En: For promoting diuresis and penetrating dampness; Stasis-Resolving Hemostatic Medicinal; Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs

Names

Preferred names, aliases, and source labels retained in the final schema.

Name

茜草

Role

Chinese_name

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

root of Tali Madder

Role

English_name

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

Rubiae Radix Et Rhizoma,Radix Rubiae

Role

Latin_name

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

Qiancao

Role

Pinyin_name

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Yes

Name

DuoHuaQianCao

Role

pinyin

Source

ETCM_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Yes

Name

GuangJinQianCao

Role

pinyin

Source

ETCM_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Yes

Name

QianCao

Role

pinyin

Source

ETCM_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Yes

Name

多花茜草

Role

preferred

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

多花茜草

Role

preferred

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

广金钱草

Role

preferred

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

广金钱草

Role

preferred

Source

ChP2025

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

广金钱草

Role

preferred

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

茜草

Role

preferred

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

茜草

Role

preferred

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

茜草

Role

preferred

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

茜草

Role

preferred

Source

ChP2025

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

茜草

Role

preferred

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

九龙根

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

九龙根

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

五爪龙

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

五爪龙

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

入骨丹

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

入骨丹

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

四方红根子

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

四方红根子

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

土丹参

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

土丹参

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

地苏木

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

地苏木

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

地血

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

地血

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

小活血龙

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

小活血龙

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

拉拉秧子根

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

拉拉秧子根

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

沙茜秧根

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

沙茜秧根

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

活血丹

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

活血丹

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

满江红

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

满江红

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

牛蔓

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

牛蔓

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

红内消

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

红内消

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

红棵子根

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

红棵子根

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

红茜根

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

红茜根

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

红龙须根

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

红龙须根

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

芦茹

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

芦茹

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

茅蒐

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

茅蒐

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

茜根

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

茜根

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

茹卢本

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

茹卢本

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

茹藘

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

茹藘

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

蒐

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

蒐

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

蒨草

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

蒨草

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

藘茹

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

藘茹

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

血见愁

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

血见愁

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

过山龙

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

过山龙

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

Indian Madder Root; Root of Tali Madder

Role

english

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Indian Madder Root; Root of Tali Madder

Role

english

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Name

Snowbellleaf Tickclover

Role

english

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

Wallich Madder

Role

english

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

root of Tali Madder

Role

english

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

root of Tali Madder; Madder

Role

english

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

Desmodii Styracifolii Herba

Role

latin

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Desmodium styracifolium

Role

latin

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

Desmodiumstyracifolium(Osb.)Merr.

Role

latin

Source

ETCM_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Radix Rubiae

Role

latin

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

Rubia Wallichiana

Role

latin

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Name

Rubia Wallichiana

Role

latin

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Rubia cordifoliaL.

Role

latin

Source

ETCM_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Rubia wallichiana

Role

latin

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

Rubiae Radix Et Rhizoma,Radix Rubiae

Role

latin

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma; Radix et Rhizoma Rubiae

Role

latin

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Name

Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma; Radix et Rhizoma Rubiae

Role

latin

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Duo Hua Qian Cao

Role

pinyin

Source

HERB_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Duo Hua Qian Cao

Role

pinyin

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

GUANG JIN QIAN CAO

Role

pinyin

Source

TCMBank

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

GUANG JING QIAN CAO

Role

pinyin

Source

TCMBank

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Guangjinqiancao

Role

pinyin

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

QIAN CAO

Role

pinyin

Source

TCMBank

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Qian Cao

Role

pinyin

Source

HERB_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Qian Cao

Role

pinyin

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Qiancao

Role

pinyin

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Aliases

Additional names normalized into the restored final schema.

Desmodii Styracifolii HerbaDesmodium styracifoliumDesmodiumstyracifolium(Osb.)Merr.Duo Hua Qian CaoGUANG JING QIAN CAOGuangjinqiancaoIndian Madder Root; Root of Tali MadderRadix RubiaeRubia WallichianaRubia cordifoliaL.Rubiae Radix Et Rhizoma,Radix RubiaeRubiae Radix et Rhizoma; Radix et Rhizoma RubiaeSnowbellleaf TickcloverWallich Madderroot of Tali Madder; Madder九龙根五爪龙入骨丹四方红根子土丹参地苏木地血多花茜草小活血龙广金钱草拉拉秧子根沙茜秧根活血丹满江红牛蔓红内消红棵子根红茜根红龙须根芦茹茅蒐茜根茹卢本茹藘蒐蒨草藘茹血见愁过山龙

Cross References

Trusted external identifiers retained for this final record.

Herb

HERB002006HERB002007HERB004446

Tcmid

328136964780

Tcmsp

321561

Sym Map

SMHB00321SMHB00521

Tcm Id

2217369647805616768

Ch P2025

f3f75787682b5a60964cb429154e68b0fd491cac610d12c46adfc55afe95093a

Tcmbank

TCMBANKHE004493TCMBANKHE004494TCMBANKHE004803

Etcm Herb

DuoHuaQianCaoGuangJinQianCaoQianCao

Our Yao2025

4921549519

Itcmdb Generated

ITX-HERB-0CD2A7A48486ITX-HERB-21AF7BC4F691ITX-HERB-4239C7AEF3EFITX-HERB-4A3A914E925AITX-HERB-A79A2CE4DB25

Attributes

Merged source attributes and domain-specific metadata.

Cid

Url

https://db2.ouryao.com/yd2025/view.php?id=f3f75787682b5a60964cb429154e68b0https://db2.ouryao.com/yd2025/view.php?id=fd491cac610d12c46adfc55afe95093a

Cid2

Flavor

BitterSweet, Bland

Source

一部

Use Part

RootRoot and rhizomeaerial partsroot

Section

药材和饮片

Function

See Rubia cordifolia .See rubia cordifolia .To clear heat and eliminate damp, disinhibit urine and free strangury.To remove heat from blood and arrest bleeding, to eliminate blood stasis, and to stimulate menstrual discharge.

Property

ColdCool

Suppress

Reviewer

sq青青小月

Meridians

Bladder; Liver; Kidney; GallbladderLiver

Indication

1. Hemostatic. 2. Bacteriostatic in vitro. 3. Antitussive and expectorant.1. hemostatic. 2. bacteriostatic in vitro. 3. antitussive and expectorant.Heat strangury, sand strangury, stone strangury, pain of hot urine, scant urine with edema, jaundice with reddish urine, urethral stone.See Rubia cordifolia.See rubia cordifolia.

Properties

Bitter; ColdCold; BitterMild; Sweet; Neutral

Breadcrumbs

一部药材和饮片

Level2 Name

2.化瘀止血药(5-4)

Class Chinese

利水渗湿药化瘀止血药

Class English

Diuretic Dampness Excreting DrugsStasis-Resolving Hemostatic Medicinal

Level1 Name En

hemostatic medicinal

Parsed Sections

性状

本品呈不规则的段。茎短柱形，密被黄色伸展的短柔毛；质稍脆，断面中部有髓。叶扁平或折叠皱缩，完整者圆形或矩圆形，先端微凹，基部心形或钝圆；上表面黄绿色或灰绿色，无毛，下表面灰绿色，具灰白色紧贴的茸毛，侧脉羽状。气微香，味微甘。

检查

（水分）

炮制

除去杂质，切段，晒干。

贮藏

置干燥处。

鉴别

（1）本品粉末淡绿色至黄绿色。非腺毛两种：一种呈线状，长可达1000μm以上，顶端渐尖；另一种呈钩状，相对较短，顶端弯曲成钩状。腺毛球棒状，头部细胞1～2个，基部膨大。纤维成束，薄壁细胞含草酸钙方晶，形成晶鞘纤维。叶下表皮细胞垂周壁波状弯曲，具非腺毛，气孔多平轴式。（2）取本品粉末0.2g，加80%甲醇25ml，超声处理20分钟，滤过，滤液蒸干，残渣加50%甲醇10ml使溶解，作为供试品溶液。另取广金钱草对照药材0.2g，同法制成对照药材溶液。再取夏佛塔苷对照品，加50%甲醇制成每1ml含75μg的溶液，作为对照品溶液。照薄层色谱法（通则0502）试验，吸取上述三种溶液各1μl，分别点于同一聚酰胺薄膜上，以乙酸乙酯-丁酮-甲酸（5∶1∶1）为展开剂，展开，取出，晾干，喷以三氯化铝试液，热风吹干，置紫外光灯（365nm）下检视。供试品色谱中，在与对照药材色谱和对照品色谱相应的位置上，显相同颜色的荧光斑点。

浸出物

照水溶性浸出物测定法（通则2201）项下的冷浸法测定，不得少于5.0%。

含量测定

同药材。

功能与主治

利湿退黄，利尿通淋。用于黄疸尿赤，热淋，石淋，小便涩痛，水肿尿少。

性味与归经

甘、淡，凉。归肝、肾、膀胱经。

用法与用量

15～30g。

性状

本品形如茜草片或段，表面黑褐色，内部棕褐色。气微，味苦、涩。

检查

水分同药材，不得过8.0%。

炮制

茜草除去杂质，洗净，润透，切厚片或段，干燥。

贮藏

置干燥处。

鉴别

取本品粉末0.4g，加乙醚5ml，振摇数分钟，滤过，滤液加氢氧化钠试液1ml，振摇，静置使分层，水层显红色，醚层无色，置紫外光灯（365nm）下观察，显天蓝色荧光。

浸出物

同药材，不得少于7.0%。

含量测定

同药材，含大叶茜草素（C17H16O4）不得少于0.20%，羟基茜草素（C14H8O5）不得少于0.080%。

功能与主治

凉血，祛瘀，止血，通经。用于吐血，衄血，崩漏，外伤出血，瘀阻经闭，关节痹痛，跌扑肿痛。

性味与归经

苦，寒。归肝经。

用法与用量

6～10g。

Meridian Tropism

Liver meridian

Meridians Chinese

肝肝,肾,膀胱

Meridians English

LiverLiver,Kidney,Bladder

Properties Chinese

甘,淡,凉苦,寒

Properties English

Bitter,ColdSweet,Tasteless,Cool

Therapeutic Cn Class

利水渗湿化瘀止血药

Therapeutic En Class

For promoting diuresis and penetrating dampnessStasis-Resolving Hemostatic Medicinal

Clinical Manifestations

1. Hemostatic. 2. Bacteriostatic in vitro. 3. Antitussive and expectorant. 1. hemostatic. 2. bacteriostatic in vitro. 3. antitussive and expectorant.