通过查阅古今文献对芫花的名称、原植物、产地、药用等方面进行考证。芫花的原植物正品是瑞香科植物芫花Daphne genkwa Sieb.et Zucc.,其本草正名为芫花,最早记载于《神农本草经》,一直沿用至今。其产地分布由魏晋时的河北、安徽、江苏、河南、湖北等地扩展至今天长江、黄河流域的10余个省份。芫花的花蕾、根可入药,有文献可考的药用历史达2 500年左右。 By referring to ancient and modern literature on the name of Daphne genkwa, the original plant, origin, medicinal and other aspects of textual research. Genuine Daphne genkwa original plant is Daphne genkwa Daphne genkwa Sieb.et Zucc., Herb is the name of Daphne genkwa, first recorded in “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica”, has been in use today. Its distribution of origin extends from Wei, Jin and later Hebei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan and Hubei to more than 10 provinces in the Yangtze River and Yellow River basins today. Daphne flower buds, roots can be used as medicine, the literature can test the history of medicine up to 2 500 years.