冬葵子为锦葵科植物冬葵的干燥果实,其性味:甘、涩、凉。功效:清热利尿、消肿,常用于尿路感染、尿闭、水肿,口渴等,而山东地区习用锦葵科植物苘麻的种子为冬葵子,其性味:苦、平。功效;清热利湿、解毒退翳。用于赤白痢、淋病、涩痛、痈肿目翳。两品种其属不同两种药物,现介绍如下。1.材料 Mallow is a dried fruit of mallow, a malvaceous plant, whose taste is: sweet, astringent, and cool. Efficacy: Heat diuretic, detumescence, commonly used in urinary tract infections, urine closure, edema, thirst, etc., and the seeds of the commonly used Malvaceae ramie in Shandong Province is winter sunflower seeds, its sexual taste: bitter, flat. Efficacy; heat and dampness, detoxification retreat. Used for Chiba, gonorrhea, astringent, swollen eyes. The two varieties belong to two different drugs and are introduced as follows. 1. Material