 Agastache (Huoxiang)
Pharmaceutical Name: Herba agastachis seu,
Herba pogastemonis
Botanical Name: 1. Pogostemon cablin Blanco;
2. Agastache rugosa (Fisch. et Mey.) O. Ktze.
Common Name: Agastache, Pogostemon cablin
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The aerial parts of the plant
are gathered in summer or autumn, cut into
pieces and dried in the shade.
Properties & Taste: Pungent and slightly
warm
Meridians: Spleen, stomach and lung
Functions:
1. To transform dampness;
2. To dispel summer-heat;
3. To stop vomiting
Indications & Combinations:
1. Dampness blocking the spleen and stomach
manifested as epigastric and abdominal distension,
nausea, vomiting and poor appetite. Agastache
(Huoxiang) is used with Atractylodes rhizome
(Cangzhu), Magnolia bark (Houpo) and Pinellia
tuber (Banxia) in the formula Buhuanjin Zhenqi
San.
2. Internal injury caused by raw and cold
food and invasion by exogenous wind and cold
in summer manifested as chills, fever, headache,
epigastric fullness, nausea, vomiting and
diarrhea. Agastache (Huoxiang) is used with
Perilla leaf (Zisuye), Pinellia tuber (Banxia),
Magnolia bark (Houpo) and Tangerine peel (Chenpi)
in the formula Huoxiang Zhengqi San.
3. Vomiting: a) vomiting caused by turbid
dampness in the spleen and stomachAgastache
(Huoxiang) is used alone or with Pinellia
tuber (Banxia) and Fresh ginger (Shengjiang);
b) vomiting caused by damp-heat in the spleen
and stomachAgastache (Huoxiang) is used with
Coptis root (Huanglian), Bamboo shavings (Zhuru)
and Loquat leaf (Pipaye); c) vomiting caused
by weakness in the spleen and stomachAgastache
(Huoxiang) is used with Pilose asiabell root
(Dangshen) and Licorice root (Gancao); d)
vomiting caused bypregnancyAgastache (Huoxiang)
is used with Amomum fruit (Sharen) and Pinellia
tuber (Banxia).
Dosage: 5-10 g |
