牡荆为马鞭草科牡荆属植物牡荆 Vitex negundo L.var.Cannabifolia(Siebet Zucc)Hand.—Mazz,以果实及根茎,叶入药。牡荆与同属植物黄荆 V.negundo L.互为药用,而无严格区别。民间早已广泛地应用于治疗咳嗽哮喘、风寒感冒、腹痛吐泻、痢疾肠炎、预防中署、关节风湿病、脚癣及治疗预防疟疾,灭蚊、灭蛆等。近来对牡荆的化学成份,药理作用及临床应用已有许多报导。从不同种的牡荆属植物中提出黄酮、假靛谷母、挥发油、牡荆三萜等类成份。药理实验证明牡荆子,叶所含的 Vitex is Vitex negundo L. var. Cannabifolia (Siebet Zucc) Hand.-Mazz, which is a genus of the genus Vitex, and uses fruit, rhizomes and leaves as medicine. Vitex and its genus Vitex negundo L. are medicinal herbs, and there are no strict differences. People have long been widely used in the treatment of cough and asthma, cold flu, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, dysentery, enterocolitis prevention, prevention of SARS, rheumatism, ankles and treatment to prevent malaria, mosquitoes, and extermination. Recently, there have been many reports on the chemical composition, pharmacological effects and clinical application of vitex. From the different species of vitex, flavonoids, false wormwood, volatile oil, vitex triterpenoids and other ingredients were proposed. Pharmacological experiments prove that the vitex seed contains the leaves