桂花枝，中药名。为木犀科植物木犀Osmanthusfragrans(Thunb.)Lour.的枝叶。全国各地多有栽培。原产我国西南部。具有发表散寒，祛风止痒之功效。用于风寒感冒，皮肤瘙痒，漆疮。
Gui-hua-zhi, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. It refers to the branches and leaves of the plant Osmanthus fragrans (Thunb.) Lour., which belongs to the family Oleaceae. It is widely cultivated throughout the country, originally from the southwestern part of China. It has the functions of dispersing cold, dispelling wind, and relieving itching. It is used for wind-cold type of common cold, itchy skin, and eczema.

功效作用 Efficacy and Functions

发表散寒，祛风止痒。
Dispel cold, expel wind, and stop itching.

主治 Indications

用于风寒感冒，皮肤瘙痒，漆疮。
Used for wind-cold type of common cold, itchy skin, and eczema.

用法用量 Dosage and Administration

内服：煎汤，5-10g。外用：适量，煎水洗。
Internal use: Decoction, 5-10g. External use: appropriate amount, decoct with water for washing.

相关论述 Relevant Discussion

《生草药性备要》：“祛风发散除热。”
"Expelling wind, dispersing and clearing heat."

临床应用 Clinical Application

治漆疮：每日用鲜桂花树叶500-1000g，加水2000ml，煎至黑色。用纱布蘸水，趁热烫洗患处（不要烫伤皮肤），原汤加热再洗，每日3-4次。[《新中医》1983，（1）：23]
Treatment for eczema: Use 500-1000g of fresh osmanthus tree leaves daily, add 2000ml of water, and boil until it turns black. Dip gauze in the water, and wash the affected area with the hot liquid (be careful not to burn the skin). Reheat the liquid and wash the area 3-4 times daily. [From "New Traditional Chinese Medicine", 1983, (1):23]

加工炮制 Processing and Preparation

采收加工：全年均可采，鲜用或晒干。
Harvest and process: Can be harvested all year round, for fresh use or drying.

植物学信息 Botanical Information

植物种属：木犀科植物木犀。
Plant species: Osmanthus fragrans, a plant in the Oleaceae family.

形态特征 Morphological Characteristics

木犀又名：九里香，岩桂，桂。常绿乔木或灌木，最高可达18m。树皮灰褐色。小枝黄褐色，无毛。叶对生，叶柄长0.8-1.2cm；叶片革质，椭圆形、长椭圆形或椭圆状披针形，长7-14.5cm，宽2.6-4.5cm，先端渐尖，基部渐狭呈楔形或宽楔形，全缘或通常上半部具细锯齿，腺点在两面连成小水泡状突起。聚伞花序簇生于叶腋，或近于帚状，每腋内有花多朵；苞片2，宽卵形，质厚，长2-4mm，具小尖头，基部合生；花梗细弱；花极芳香；花萼钟状，4裂，长约1mm，裂片稍不整齐；花冠裂片4，黄白色、淡黄色、黄色或橘红色，长3-4mm，花冠管仅长0.5-1mm；雄蕊2，着生于花冠管中部，花丝极短，药隔在花药先端稍延伸呈不明显的小尖头；雌蕊长约1.5mm，花柱长约0.5mm。果歪斜，椭圆形，长1-1.5cm，呈紫黑色。花期9-10月，果期翌年3月。
Osmanthus, also known as Jiuli Xiang, Yan Gui, and Gui, is an evergreen tree or shrub that can grow up to 18 meters tall. The bark is gray-brown. The small branches are yellow-brown and hairless. The leaves are opposite, with petioles 0.8-1.2 cm long; the leaf blades are leathery, elliptic, oblong, or elliptic-lanceolate, 7-14.5 cm long and 2.6-4.5 cm wide, gradually tapering at the tip, and wedge-shaped or broadly wedge-shaped at the base, with entire margins or usually fine serrations on the upper half, and glandular dots forming small blister-like protrusions on both sides. The clustered umbel inflorescences grow in leaf axils or near the broom-like branches, with multiple flowers in each axil; the bracts are ovate, thick, 2-4 mm long, with small pointed tips, and fused at the base; the flower stalks are slender; the flowers are extremely fragrant; the calyx is bell-shaped, 4-lobed, about 1 mm long, with slightly irregular lobes; the corolla lobes are 4, yellow-white, pale yellow, yellow, or orange-red, 3-4 mm long, with a corolla tube only 0.5-1 mm long; there are 2 stamens, attached to the middle of the corolla tube, with very short filaments, and the connective extends slightly at the tip of the anther forming an inconspicuous small point; the pistil is about 1.5 mm long, with a style about 0.5 mm long. The fruit is oblique, elliptical, 1-1.5 cm long, and purplish-black. The flowering period is from September to October, and the fruiting period is in March of the following year.

分布区域 Distribution Area

全国各地多有栽培。原产我国西南部。
Cultivated in various regions across the country. Originally from the southwestern part of China.