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).
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