商陆习称山萝卜、花商陆、胭脂。始载于《神农本草经》,因其有毒列为下品,书中曰:“主水胀、疝、瘕、痹、熨除痛肿……”根据现代植物学分类,药材商陆为商陆科商陆属多年生草本植物商陆及美洲商陆的根,又因为其根形似人参而被误当作人参采挖或栽种。商陆生存力强,温暖湿润的气候条件,耐寒不耐涝,对土壤的适应性广,常野生于山脚、林间、路旁及房前屋后,平原、丘陵及山地均有分布。商陆性味苦,寒;有毒。归肺、脾、肾、 Pipitai Xi mountain radish, flower commercial land rouge. Beginning in the “Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic,” because of its toxic as the next product, the book said: "According to the classification of modern botany, medicinal Lu is Pokeweed is a perennial herbaceous plant Phytolacca and Pokeweed root, but because of its root-shaped ginseng was mistaken for ginseng excavation or planting. The poetic land is strong, warm and humid climatic conditions, cold hardy waterlogging, adaptable to the soil, often wild at the foot, forest, roadside and front houses, plains, hills and mountains are distributed. Pok odorous bitter, cold; toxic. Back to the lungs, spleen, kidney,