鬼点灯，中药名。为紫草科植物柔弱斑种草Bothriospermumtenellum(Hornem.)Fisch.etMey.的全草。分布于东北、华东、华南、西南及陕西、台湾、河南等地。具有止咳，止血之功效。用于咳嗽，吐血。
Gui-dian-deng, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. It is the whole plant of Bothriospermum tenellum (Hornem.) Fisch. et Mey., a plant of the family Boraginaceae. It is distributed in Northeast China, East China, South China, Southwest China, Shaanxi, Taiwan, Henan, and other places. It has the functions of relieving cough and stopping bleeding, and is used for cough and hemoptysis.

功效作用 功能
The efficacy and functions.

止咳，止血。主治
Relieve cough and stop bleeding. Mainly used for treating...

用于咳嗽，吐血。用法用量
Used for cough and hemoptysis. Dosage and administration.

内服：煎汤，9-12g。止血，炒焦用。注意事项
Internal administration: Decoction, 9-12g. For hemostasis, fry to charred. Precautions.

有小毒，慎用。相关论述
There is a slight toxicity, use with caution. Relevant discussions.

《民间常用草药汇编》：“止咳。炒焦治吐血。”加工炮制 采收加工
"Compilation of Commonly Used Folk Herbs": "Stop coughing. Roast and treat vomiting blood." Processing and preparation: harvesting and processing.

夏、秋季采收，拣净，晒干。植物学信息 植物种属
Harvest in summer and autumn, clean and dry. Botanical information: plant species.

紫草科植物柔弱斑种草。形态特征
The plant belongs to the Labiatae family and is called Pogostemon cablin. It has the following morphological characteristics:

柔弱斑种草又名：细茎斑种草。一年生草本，高15-30cm。茎基部通常多分枝，细弱，平卧或上部斜升，被向上贴伏的糙伏毛。叶互生；下部叶有柄，上部叶渐小，无柄；叶片椭圆形或狭椭圆形，长1-2.5cm，宽5-15mm，先端钝，具小凸尖，基部宽楔形，两面均被向上贴伏的糙伏毛或短硬毛。花序柔弱，细长；花小，单生于叶腋或近于腋生；苞片椭圆形或狭卵形；被伏毛或硬毛；花梗果期不增长；花萼5深裂，裂片披针形或卵状披针形，果期增大，外面密生向上的伏毛；花冠蓝色或淡蓝色，稀白色，长1.5-3mm，先端裂片圆形，喉部有5枚梯形附属物；雄蕊5，内藏，子房4裂，花柱短，柱头头状。小坚果4，肾形，长1-1.5mm，表面密生小疣状突起。腹面呈纵椭圆形的环状凹陷。花期4-6月，果期6-10月。分布区域
The plant "Rou Ruo Ban Zhong Cao" is also known as "Xi Jing Ban Zhong Cao". It is an annual herb, 15-30cm tall. The base of the stem usually branches a lot, slender and weak, lying flat or ascending obliquely at the top, with rough appressed hairs pointing upwards. The leaves are alternate; lower leaves have petioles, upper leaves gradually smaller, without petioles; leaf blades are elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 1-2.5cm long, 5-15mm wide, blunt at the apex, with small convex tips, wide wedge-shaped at the base, both sides covered with rough appressed hairs or short stiff hairs pointing upwards. The inflorescence is delicate and elongated; the flowers are small, solitary in leaf axils or near the axils; bracts are elliptic or narrowly ovate; covered with appressed hairs or stiff hairs; the flower stalk does not elongate during fruiting; the calyx is deeply 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, enlarging during fruiting, densely covered with appressed hairs pointing upwards on the outside; the corolla is blue or light blue, rarely white, 1.5-3mm long, with rounded lobes at the apex, and 5 trapezoidal appendages at the throat; there are 5 hidden stamens, a 4-lobed ovary, and a short style with a head-shaped stigma. The small nutlets are kidney-shaped, 1-1.5mm long, with a surface covered with small wart-like protrusions. The ventral side forms a longitudinally elliptic annular depression. The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from June to October. Distribution area: [not provided]

分布于东北、华东、华南、西南及陕西、台湾、河南等地。生长环境
Distributed in Northeast China, East China, South China, Southwest China, as well as Shaanxi, Taiwan, Henan, and other regions. Growing environment.

生于海拔300-1900m的山坡路边、田间荒地及溪边阴湿处。
Grows on the slopes, fields, and wastelands at an altitude of 300-1900 meters, as well as in damp areas near streams.