鸡骨柴叶，中药名。为唇形科植物鸡骨柴Elsholtzia fruticosa（D.Don）Rehd.的叶。具有杀虫、止痒的功效。主治脚癣、疥疮。
Ji-gu-chai-ye, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. Leaves of Elsholtzia fruticosa (D.Don) Rehd.), a traditional Chinese medicine, refers to the leaves of the Labiatae plant Elsholtzia fruticosa (D.Don) Rehd. It is known for its insecticidal and anti-itch properties, and is commonly used to treat athlete's foot and scabies.

功效作用 Efficacy and Functions

杀虫、止痒。
Insecticidal and anti-itch.

主治 Indications

脚癣、疥疮。
Athlete's foot and scabies.

用法用量 Dosage and Administration

外用：适量，研末调敷。
External use: Take an appropriate amount, grind it into a fine powder, and apply it.

加工炮制 Processing and Preparation

采收加工：夏、秋季采收，鲜用或晒干。
Harvest in summer or autumn, for fresh use or drying.

植物学信息 Botanical Information

植物种属：唇形科植物鸡骨柴。
The plant is Chixia, a species of the Lamiaceae (mint) family.

形态特征 Morphological Characteristics

灌木，高0.8-2m。多分枝；茎、枝四棱形，幼时被白色卷曲柔毛，老时皮层剥落，变无毛。叶对生；叶柄极短或近于无柄；叶片披针形或椭圆状披针形，长6-13cm，宽2-3.5cm，先端渐尖，基部狭楔形，边缘在基部以上具粗锯齿，近基部全缘，上面被糙伏毛，下面被弯曲的短柔毛，两面具黄色腺点，侧脉6-8对。轮伞花序多花密集成假穗状花序，顶生和腋生；苞片披针形或钻形；花萼钟形，长约1.5mm，外面被短柔毛，萼齿5，长约0.5mm，果时花萼圆筒状，长约3mm；花冠白色或淡黄色，长约5mm，外面被弯曲柔毛和黄色腺点，上唇直立，长约0.5mm，先端微缺，边缘具长柔毛，下唇3裂，中裂片圆形，长约1mm，侧裂片半圆形；雄蕊4，前对较长，伸出，花丝无毛，花药2室；子房4裂，花柱伸出花冠，柱头2深裂。小坚果长圆形，长1.5mm，腹面具棱，褐色。花期7-9月，果期9-11月。
Shrub, 0.8-2m tall. Highly branched; stems and branches are quadrangular, covered with white curly soft hairs when young, becoming glabrous as they age with exfoliating bark. Leaves are opposite; petioles very short or nearly absent; leaf blades lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 6-13cm long, 2-3.5cm wide, apex gradually acuminate, base narrowly cuneate, margins coarsely serrate above the base and entire near the base, sparsely appressed-hairy above, curved short-pubescent beneath, both surfaces dotted with yellow glandular spots, lateral veins 6–8 pairs. Whorled cymes many-flowered, densely aggregated into false spike-like inflorescences, terminal and axillary; bracts lanceolate or subulate; calyx campanulate, ca. 1.5mm long, externally pubescent, with 5 teeth ca. 0.5mm long; in fruit, calyx becomes cylindrical, ca. 3mm long; corolla white or pale yellow, ca. 5mm long, externally covered with curved soft hairs and yellow glandular dots; upper lip erect, ca. 0.5mm long, slightly emarginate at apex, margin ciliate; lower lip 3-lobed, middle lobe circular, ca. 1mm long, lateral lobes semicircular; stamens 4, anterior pair longer and exserted, filaments glabrous, anthers 2-celled; ovary deeply 4-lobed, style exserted beyond corolla, stigma deeply 2-parted. Nutlets oblong, ca. 1.5mm long, ventral surface ridged, brown. Flowering from July to September, fruiting from September to November.

分布区域 Distribution Area

分布于甘肃、湖北、广西、四川、贵州、云南、西藏等地。
Distributed in Gansu, Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet and other regions.

生长环境 Growing Environment

生于海拔1200-3200m的山坡、谷底、路旁、溪边或村边。
Found on slopes, valley bottoms, roadsides, stream banks, or village edges at altitudes of 1200–3200 meters.