鸦胆子或称“鸦蛋子”、“苦参子”,为苦木科植物苦榛树的种子,去皮后入药用。鸦胆子产于热带,我国闽广间亦产,海南岛有人工栽培者。赵学敏本草纲目拾遗引吉云旅抄,说“鸦胆子”即“苦榛子”。后来被讹为“苦参子”,中国药学大辞典亦沿袭了这种错误,想系参字与榛字的音误。苦参是豆科植物,未可相混。鸦胆子的 Brucea javanica, or “crown egg” or “bitter ginseng seed”, is the seed of the bitter hazel tree of the bitterwood family and is used for medicinal purposes after peeling. Brucea is produced in the tropics and is also produced in China’s Yunnan-Guangzhou area. There are artificial growers on Hainan Island. Zhao Xuemin’s Compendium of Materia Medica reads Ji Yun’s travel copy and says that “Bruce” is “Bitter Hazelnut”. Later, he was nicknamed “Sweet Sayings,” and the Chinese Pharmaceutical Dictionary also followed this error. He wanted to make a mistake in the word and the word. Sophora flavescens is a leguminous plant and cannot be mixed. Brutal