芫花别名药鱼草、闹鱼花、头痛花;始载于《神农本草经》,列为下品。其来源为瑞香科植物芫花的干燥花蕾。春季花未开放时可采。性味苦、辛,温。有毒。归肺经、脾经、肾经,有泻水逐饮之功效。用于水肿胀满,胸腹积水,痰饮积聚,气逆咳喘,二便不利痛肿,外用杀虫疗疮,用于疥癣秃疮、冻疮等症。芫花为落叶灌木,主要生于海拔300至1000米的山区, Daphne alba drug fish, fish, headache flowers; first introduced in “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica”, as the next product. The source for the Daphne fragrans Daphne dry buds. Spring flowers are not available when open. Taste bitter, Xin, Wen. poisonous. By the lung, spleen, kidney, diarrhea by the efficacy of drink. For swelling edema, chest and abdomen hydronephrosis, phlegm accumulation, gas inverse cough, two will be unfavorable swelling, topical insecticide treatment sores, for scabies bald sores, frostbite embolism. Daphne to deciduous shrubs, mainly born in the mountains of 300 to 1000 meters above sea level,