神香草，中药名。为唇形科植物硬尖神香草HyssopuscuspidatusBoriss.的全草。分布于新疆北部。具有清热发表，化痰止咳之功效。用于感冒发热，痰热咳嗽。
Shen-xiang-cao, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. It refers to the whole plant of Hyssopus cuspidatus Boriss., a member of the Labiatae family, and is distributed in the northern part of Xinjiang. It has the functions of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, resolving phlegm, and relieving cough. It is used for treating fever and cough with phlegm caused by a cold.

功效作用 Efficacy and Functions

清热发表，化痰止咳。
Clearing heat, resolving phlegm, and stopping cough.

主治 Indications

用于感冒发热，痰热咳嗽。
Used for common cold with fever, phlegm-heat cough.

用法用量 Dosage and Administration

内服：煎汤，3-9g。
Internal use: Decoction, 3-9g.

相关论述 Relevant Discussion

《新疆中草药》：“镇咳祛痰，清热利湿，杀菌消炎。”
"Xinjiang Herbal Medicine": "Relieve cough and resolve phlegm, clear heat and dampness, kill bacteria and reduce inflammation."

临床应用 Clinical Applications

1. 治感冒发烧：神香草、一支蒿、牛蒡子各9g。水煎服。

   1. For treating cold and fever: 9g of Shen Xiang Cao, 9g of Yi Zhi Hao, and 9g of Niu Bang Zi. Decoct in water and take orally.

2. 治气管炎，咳嗽：神香草、贝母、车前草各9g，土木香6g。水煎服，每日2次。（1-2方出自《新疆中草药》）
   2. For treating bronchitis and cough: 9g of Shen Xiang Cao, 9g of Bei Mu, 9g of Che Qian Cao, and 6g of Tu Mu Xiang. Decoct in water and take orally twice a day. (Prescriptions 1 and 2 are from "Xinjiang Chinese Herbal Medicine").

加工炮制 Processing and Preparation

采收加工：7-8月采收全草，晒干。
Harvest the whole plant in July and August, and dry it in the sun.

植物学信息 Botanical Information

植物种属：唇形科植物硬尖神香草。
The plant belongs to the Labiatae family—Hyssopus aristatus (rigid-pointed hyssop).

形态特征 Morphological Characteristics

半灌木，高30-60厘米。茎基部粗大，木质，褐色，常扭曲，有不规则剥落的皮层，自基部帚伏分枝，因而当年生茎多数而密集，幼茎基部带紫，节间短小，上部绿色，节间伸长，四稜形，上面略具沟，无毛或近于无毛。叶线形，长1.5-4.5厘米，宽2-4毫米，大多长于节间，先端锥尖，具长约2毫米、近于脱落锥状尖头，基部渐狭，无柄，上面绿色，下面灰绿色，中肋在上面凹陷下面隆起，两面无毛，边缘有极短的糙伏毛，不内卷，但多少下弯。穗状花序多花，生于茎顶，长3-8厘米，由轮伞花序组成，轮伞花序通常10花，具长1-2毫米的短梗，常偏向于一侧而呈半轮伞状；苞片及小苞片线形，长4-8毫米，长超过花梗，先端具长2-3毫米的锥状尖头。花萼管状，喉部稍增大，连齿长1厘米，外面在脉及萼齿上被微柔毛，散布黄色腺点，内面无毛，明显15脉，齿间凹陷由于二脉连结而多少呈瘤状，萼齿5，等大，长三角状披针形，长4毫米，先端具锥状尖头。花冠紫色，长约12毫米，外面被微柔毛及黄色腺点，内面无毛，冠筒略下弯，向上渐扩大，冠檐二唇形，上唇直伸，长3毫米，先端2浅裂，裂片锐尖，下唇长4毫米，3裂，中裂片倒心形，先端凹陷，宽不超过二侧裂片，侧裂片宽卵形，宽1.5毫米。雄蕊4，前对较长，后对较短，均超出花冠，花丝丝状，无毛，花药2室，室极叉开。花柱近等于或稍伸出雄蕊，先端相等2浅裂，裂片钻形。花盘平顶。子房顶端具腺点。小坚果长圆状三稜形，长2.5毫米，宽0.7毫米，褐色，先端圆，具腺点，基部具一白痕。花期7-8月，果期8-9月。
It is a subshrub, 30-60 cm tall. The base of the stem is thick, woody, brown, often twisted, with irregularly peeling bark. It branches from the base, resulting in numerous and dense stems of the current year. The young stem base is purplish, with short internodes, green upper parts, elongated internodes, quadrangular, slightly grooved on the upper side, hairless or nearly hairless. The leaves are linear, 1.5-4.5 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, mostly longer than the internodes, tapering at the apex with a conical tip about 2 mm long, nearly deciduous, gradually narrowing at the base, without petioles, green on the upper side, grayish-green on the lower side, with the midrib concave on the upper side and raised on the lower side, hairless on both sides, with extremely short rough hairs on the edges, not rolled inward but slightly bent downward. The spike-like inflorescence is multi-flowered, borne at the stem apex, 3-8 cm long, composed of umbel-like flower clusters, usually with 10 flowers per cluster, short-stalked about 1-2 mm long, often leaning to one side and appearing semi-umbellate; bracts and bracteoles are linear, 4-8 mm long, longer than the flower stalks, with a conical tip about 2-3 mm long at the apex. The calyx is tubular, slightly enlarged at the throat, with teeth 1 cm long, sparsely hairy on the veins and calyx teeth on the outside, scattered with yellow glandular dots, hairless on the inside, prominently veined, somewhat lumpy between the teeth due to the connection of the veins, with 5 equal-sized calyx teeth, triangular-lanceolate, 4 mm long, with a conical tip at the apex. The corolla is purple, about 12 mm long, sparsely hairy and with yellow glandular dots on the outside, hairless on the inside, slightly curved downwards, gradually widening upwards, with a bilabiate corolla, the upper lip straight, 3 mm long, with 2 shallow lobes at the apex, sharply pointed lobes, the lower lip 4 mm long, 3-lobed, the middle lobe inversely heart-shaped, concave at the apex, not wider than the lateral lobes, the lateral lobes broadly ovate, 1.5 mm wide. There are 4 stamens, the anterior pair longer than the posterior pair, both exceeding the corolla, filaments filiform, hairless, anthers 2-loculed, with divergent dehiscence. The style nearly equal to or slightly protruding from the stamens, with an equal 2-lobed apex, lobes lanceolate. The disc is flat-topped. The ovary has glandular spots at the apex. The small nut is oblong-triangular, 2.5 mm long, 0.7 mm wide, brown, rounded at the tip, with glandular spots, and a white mark at the base. Flowering period is July-August, fruiting period is August-September.

分布区域 Distribution Area

分布于新疆北部。
Distributed in the northern part of Xinjiang.

生长环境 Growing Environment

生于海拔1100-1800m的砾石及石质山地干旱草地上。
It grows on gravel and rocky mountain dry grasslands at an altitude of 1100-1800 meters.