Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Herba Agastaches seu Pogostemi |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Agastache rugosa (Fisch.et Mey.) O. Ktze Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth. |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | kakko |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | kwakhyang |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | fok3 heong1  |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | tu huo xiang 土 藿香, guang huo xiang (Pogostemon) 廣藿香。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | agastache, patchouli, pogostemon (P. cablin), Korean mint |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | throughout Chinaa (Agastache); Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan (Pogostemon) |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, slightly warm. 辛，微温。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach, lungs. 脾，胃，肺。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | weak digestion, lack of appetite, diarrhea/vomiting, dysentery, coughing, bad breath, vomiting and diarrhea or chest or abdomen tightness caused by pixu. 消 化 不 良 ，食慾不振﹐ 霍 亂 吐 逆 ， 痢 疾 ， 喉 痺 ， 咳 嗽 ， 口 臭 ， 胃 寒 而 引 起 之 吐 瀉 、 腹 或 胸 悶 等 。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | 含 精 油 contains essential oil:| Mgthyl Chavicol | 甲 基 胡 椒 酚 | | D-imonene | D - 檸 檬 烯 | | α-β Pinene | α-β 蒎 烯 | | Anisaldehyde | 茴 香 醛 | | Linalool | 芳 樟 醇 | | Caryophyllene | 石 竹 烯 | | β-Humluene | β-律 草 烯 | | Agastacho | 黃 鹼 素 類 藿 香 甘 side | | sesquiterpene | 廣 藿 香 含 倍 半 | | Pogostol | 廣 藿 香 奧 醇 |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 5 to 10 g. Fresh herb: 10 to 20 g. Do not boil too long or may lose the effective ingredients of essential oil. 5～10g；鲜品加倍。不宜久煎 以免損失其有效成份之揮發性之精油。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | See pregnancy nausea formula #2 huo xiang zheng qi san 藿香正氣散 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | The decoction of huo xiang possesses antibiotic effect in vitro on many pahogenic fungi and leptospirosis. 藿香製劑對體外 試驗的各種病害黴菌與鉤端螺旋體病抑制作用。 |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | not to use in yinxu (yin deficient) with heat and stomach fire. 陰虛 有熱或胃有熱者忌用。 |
