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 (spleen deficient) . 消化 不良 ，食慾不振﹐霍亂吐 逆 ，痢疾 ，喉痺 ，咳嗽 ，口臭 ， 脾虛胃寒而引起之吐瀉 、 腹或胸悶等 。 |
Chemical ingredients:[1] 化學成份﹕[1] | | Contains evaporating oil 0.28% | 含揮發油0.28% | | methylchavicol >80% | 甲基胡椒酚, 佔80%以上 | | D-limonene | D-香芹烯 | | α-β Pinene | α-β 蒎烯 | | anisaldehyde | 茴香醛 | | anethole | 茴香腦 | | Also contains: | 並含有 | | d-limonene | D - 檸檬烯 | | caryophyllene | 石竹烯 | | P-Pmethoxycinnamaldehyde | 對甲氧基桂皮醛 | | 3-octanone | 3-辛酮 | | 1-octen-3-ol | 1-辛烯-3-醇 | | linalool | 芳樟醇 | | 1-carypholene | 1-丁香烯 | | β-elemene | β-欖香烯 | | β-humulene | β-葎草烯 | | α-ylangene | α-衣蘭烯 | | β-farnesene | α-金合歡烯 | | γ-cadinene | γ-畢澄茄烯 | | calamenene | 菖蒲烯 | | cis-β，γ-hexenal | 順式-β，γ-已烯醛 | | flavonoids: | 黃酮類化合物： | acacetin | 刺槐素 | tilianin | 椴樹素 | linarin | 蒙花甙 | agastachoside | 藿香甙 | isoagastachoside | 異藿香甙 | agastachin | 藿香精 | agastacho | 黃鹼素類藿香苷 | | Root contains: | 根含 | maslinic acid (crateglic acid) | 馬斯裡酸（山楂酸) | oleanolic acid | 齊墩果酸 | 3-O-acetyl oleanolic aldehyde | 3-O-乙酰基齊墩果醛 | robinin | 刺槐素 | tilianin | 椴樹素 | agastachoside | 藿香甙 | daucostero | 胡蘿卜甙 | β-sitosterol | β-谷甾醇 | dehydroagastol | 去氫藿香酚 | 1-methylene-2，4a-dimethyl-6，8-dihydroxy-5-methoxy-7-(1，1-dimethyl-hydroxy methyl)-1，2，3，4，10，10a-heptahydro-9-phenanthroxe | 1-亞甲基-6，8-二羥基-5-甲氧基-7-（1，1-二 甲基羥甲基）-1，2，3，4，9，10，10，a-七氫-9-菲酮 | |
| guang huo xiang contains: | 廣藿香含: | sesquiterpene | 倍半萜烯 | 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。 |
