红旱莲,又名湖南连翘,别名黄海棠、牛心茶、大金雀等,植物鉴定为金丝桃科金丝桃属植物Hypericum ascyron Linn。本品以全草入药,药源分布较广。我省寿县首先发掘并观察到红旱莲对慢性气管炎有较好的疗效。1975年皖南医学院用其水煎剂进行有关呼吸系统的药理研究,发现它有平喘、止咳和祛痰等作用,尤以平喘作用为突出。我们在水煎剂的基 The Red Eclipta, also known as Hunan Forsythia, is also known as Huang Haiqi, Niu Xin Cha, and Jin Jin Cha. The plant was identified as Hypericum ascyron Linn in Hypericum. This product is made from whole herbs and has a wide distribution of drug sources. Shouxian County in our province first discovered and observed that red dry lotus has a good effect on chronic bronchitis. In 1975, Wannan Medical College used its decoction to carry out pharmacological studies on the respiratory system and found that it had anti-asthmatic, antitussive, and expectorant effects, especially with asthma. We base in decoction