葫芦科植物绞股蓝 Gynostemm a Pentaphyllum (Thunb.)Makino全草入药。其疗疾保健知名度不仅在医药界而且在广大人民中迅速提高 ,出现了采集应用高潮。但是 ,知其名不识其物者特多 ,包括部分医药工作者普遍地将葡萄科乌蔹莓称为“绞股蓝”或称是绞股蓝的一个种等混淆为葫芦科 Glycoside Gynostemma Gynostemm a Pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino is used as a whole herb. The popularity of its therapeutic health care has rapidly increased not only in the pharmaceutical industry but also among the broad masses of people, and the emergence of collection and application climaxes. However, it is known that the names of people who do not know how to identify them are many, including some medical workers who commonly refer to grape twigs as “gynostemone,” or a species known as gynostemma, and are confused with cucurbitaceae.