Pogostemon seu Agastache, Huo Xiang 藿香
Wrinkled Giant-Hyssop, Patchouli (Agastache)
Cablin Patchouli (Pogostemon)
Huo Xiang (Agastache) (TCM)
Guang Huo Xiang (Pogostemon) (TCM)
Paachi (Pogostemon, Ayurveda)
Cablin Patchouli (Pogostemon)
Huo Xiang (Agastache) (TCM)
Guang Huo Xiang (Pogostemon) (TCM)
Paachi (Pogostemon, Ayurveda)
Botanical name:
Two different herbs supply Huo Xiang:
1. Agastache rugosa (Tu Huo Xiang)
2. Pogostemon cablin (syn. P. patchouli var. sauvis, Mentha cablin) (Guang Huo Xiang)
Parts used:
Herb
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, Aromatic
Classification:
J. Aromatics that Resolve Dampness
Two different herbs supply Huo Xiang:
1. Agastache rugosa (Tu Huo Xiang)
2. Pogostemon cablin (syn. P. patchouli var. sauvis, Mentha cablin) (Guang Huo Xiang)
Parts used:
Herb
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, Aromatic
Classification:
J. Aromatics that Resolve Dampness
Uses:
1. Aromatically Transforms Damp, Benefits the Stomach:
-Nausea, Vomiting
2. Clears Summer-heat and Damp, Clears the Exterior:
-Heat and Damp during the Summer,
3. Moves the Qi, Opens Obstruction:
-Menstrual discomfort and cramping
Dose:
Infusion (1 in 10): half–1 fluid ounce
Decoction: 6–9 grams; added in the last few minutes of decocting and infused for 10 minutes.
Comment:
... available in PRO version
Infusion (1 in 10): half–1 fluid ounce
Decoction: 6–9 grams; added in the last few minutes of decocting and infused for 10 minutes.
Comment:
... available in PRO version
Main Combinations:
1. Influenza with nausea, vomiting, from Wind-Cold, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
2. Acute / externally-contracted Damp, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
3. Summer-heat, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
4. Nausea, vomiting with distention of the epigastrium and chest, Pogostemon/Agastache, ... available in PRO version
5. Morning Sickness:
i. Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
ii. Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
6. Vomiting and Diarrhea:
i. from Spleen and Stomach weakness, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
ii. from Damp-Heat, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
7. Headache, Gastroenteritis, acute Diarrhea or Food Poisoning with predominately Damp symptoms, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
8. Infantile Diarrhea from Damp-Heat without Fever, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
9. Early-stage Infectious Damp-Heat disease with Fever, heaviness, body aches, abdominal distention, scanty urine, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
10. Early-stage Dysentery with Fever, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
11. Typhoid from Damp-Heat, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
12. Prevention of Epidemic Encepahlitis B, Pogostemon/Agastache with ... available in PRO version
13. Hepatosplenomegaly from Qi stagnation, Pogostemon/Agastache, ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui
Huo Po Xia Ling Tang
Po Chai Pills
Shi Xiang Fan Sheng Wan
Cautions:
Not used in Heat from Yin deficiency.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water
Not used in Heat from Yin deficiency.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water