断血流为民间传统用药，现代研究发现断血流中含有三萜及其皂苷、黄酮类、挥发油、苯丙素等多种化学成分，具有止血、抗菌、降血糖、抗氧化、抗炎等药理作用，临床上主要应用于各种出血症，本文查阅了近20 年有关中药断血流的文献，对断血流化学成分、药理作用及临床应用研究现状进行综述，以期为该药材的进一步研究提供参考。

Clinopodii Herba is a type of traditional folk medicine. Modern research showed that Clinopodii Herba contains triterpenes and its saponins, flavones, volatile oil, phenylpropanoids and other chemical components. It has many pharmacological activities such as hemostasis, antibiosis, hypoglycemic activity, anti-oxidation, and anti-inflammation. The main clinical application of Clinopodii Herba is for the treatment of various types of bleeding. After searching literatures on Clinopodii Herba for the recent 20 years, this article reviewed the chemical components,pharmacological activities, clinical application and research condition of Clinopodii Herba in order to provide further references for this medicine.

科学技术部国家重大新药创制项目（2013ZX09402203）：现代中药创新集群与数字制药技术平台，负责人：王振中。