结香，中药名。为瑞香科结香属植物结香Edgeworthia chrysantha lindl，以根与花入药。具有根：舒筋活络，消肿止痛；花：祛风明目的功效。主治根：风湿关节痛，腰痛,外用治跌打损伤，骨折；花：目赤疼痛，夜盲。
Jie-xiang, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. Edgeworthia chrysantha lindl) is a plant belonging to the Thymelaeaceae family. Its roots and flowers are used in traditional Chinese medicine. The root is known for its properties of relaxing tendons, promoting blood circulation, reducing swelling, and alleviating pain. The flower is used to dispel wind and improve vision. It is commonly used to treat rheumatic joint pain, lower back pain, external injuries, and fractures with the root, and to alleviate red and painful eyes as well as night blindness with the flower.

功效作用 Efficacy and Functions

根：舒筋活络，消肿止痛。花：祛风明目。
Root: relax tendons and activate collaterals, reduce swelling and alleviate pain. Flower: dispel wind and improve vision.

主治 Indications

根：风湿关节痛，腰痛；外用治跌打损伤，骨折。花：目赤疼痛，夜盲。
Root: used for rheumatic joint pain, lower back pain; externally used for treating bruises, sprains, and fractures. Flower: used for red and painful eyes, night blindness.

用法用量 Dosage and Administration

根：9-15g；外用适量，捣烂敷患处。花：6-9g。
Root: 9-15g; for external use, appropriate amount, grind into a paste and apply to the affected area. Flower: 6-9g.

化学成分 Chemical Composition

含24-甲基胆甾-5,8,17（20）-三烯-3β-醇（C28H44O）。
Contains 24-Methylcholesta-5,8,17(20)-trien-3β-ol (C28H44O).

加工炮制 Processing and Preparation

采收加工：夏、秋采根，春季采花，晒干备用或鲜用。
The roots are harvested in summer and autumn, while the flowers are collected in spring. They can be dried for later use or used fresh.

植物学信息 Botanical Information

植物种属：瑞香科结香属植物结香。
Species: Edgeworthia chrysantha, belonging to the Thymelaeaceae family.

形态特征 Morphological Characteristics

灌木，高1-2m。小枝粗壮，富含纤维，柔软易弯，棕红色，皮孔明显，被淡黄色或灰色长绢毛。叶互生，多聚于枝顶，长方椭圆形或倒披针形，长6-20cm，宽2-5cm，先端急尖，基部渐窄而下延，全缘，上面被疏柔毛，下面被长硬毛。初春开黄色花，芳香，圆头状花序顶生，总花梗极粗短，下有披针形总苞片；花被管状，先端4裂，外面有绢状长柔毛；雄蕊8个，成上下两排附生花被管上；子房上位，顶端被毛，花柱细长，有细棒状柱头。核果卵形，花被基部宿存，包于果外。
Shrub, 1-2m high. The small branches are stout, rich in fibers, soft and easily bent, reddish-brown, with obvious lenticels, and covered with pale yellow or gray long silky hairs. The leaves are alternate, mostly clustered at the top of the branches, oblong or lanceolate, 6-20cm long, 2-5cm wide, acute at the apex, gradually narrowing and extending downward at the base, entire margin, sparsely pubescent on the upper surface, and covered with long stiff hairs on the lower surface. It blooms with fragrant yellow flowers in early spring, in rounded terminal inflorescences, with very short peduncles, and lanceolate bracts below; the corolla is tubular, 4-lobed at the apex, with silky long hairs on the outside; there are 8 stamens, arranged in two rows attached to the corolla; the ovary is superior, hairy at the apex, and the style is slender with a slender columnar stigma. The fruit is ovoid, with the base of the corolla persisting and enclosed in the fruit.

分布区域 Distribution Area

分布于河南、陕西至长江流域及以南各省区。
Distributed in Henan, Shaanxi, and the Yangtze River Basin and its southern provinces.

生长环境 Growing Environment

生于阴湿肥沃土地或栽培。
Born in damp and fertile soil or cultivated.