鱼腥草 (Houttuynia cordata)，又名蕺菜、蕺儿根、摘儿根等，为三白草科多年生草本。该种广泛分布在我国南方各省区，西北、华北部分地区及西藏也有分布，常生长在背阴山坡，村边田埂上及湿地草丛中。 　　鱼腥草植株矮生。茎下部伏地或作地下根状茎生于表土层中，白色，节上 Houttuynia cordata (Houttuynia cordata), also known as Ipomoea aquatica, Cladonia root, pick-root, etc., for the Trimeresurus perennial herb. The species are widely distributed in southern provinces of our country, northwestern, northern parts of China and Tibet are also distributed, often growing in the shady hillsides, village border fields and wetlands grass. Houttuynia plant dwarfism. Stems below the ground or underground rhizomes were born in the topsoil, white, on the festival