鸭跖草与淡竹叶淡竹叶始载于“本草纲目”;鸭跖草则在宋“嘉祐本草”中早经著录(“纲目”:鸭跖草别名亦称淡竹叶)。这二种药,形状相似,名称又相同,因此目前中医药界一般只知有淡竹叶,而不知有鸭跖草一药。虽然有些地区以鸭跖草当淡竹叶来用,但对它本身的良好效用,却竟埋没不彰。鸭跖草鸭跖草(始载于“嘉祐本草”;“纲目”列于卷十六陉草类) 别名:碧竹子(拾遗)、竹节菜、翠蝴蝶(救荒本草)、 Dieffenbachia and light bamboo leaves are only contained in “Compendium of Materia Medica”; yarrow grass is recorded in the Song “Jiao Materia Medica” in the middle of the morning (“Outline”: Alicampus alias also known as light bamboo leaves). These two kinds of medicines are similar in shape and have the same name. Therefore, at present, the traditional Chinese medicine community generally only knows that there are light bamboo leaves, and I do not know that there is a medicine of duckweed. Although some areas use D. edulis as a light bamboo, the good effect of itself is still not fully understood. The duck plucked grass duck grass (only contained in “Jiayou Materia Medica”; “Outline” is listed in the scroll sixteen kinds of grass) Alias: Bi bamboo (Supplementary), bamboo vegetables, Cui butterfly (Fujian Materia Medica),