Huo Xiang
藿香 huò xiāng, "agastache aroma"

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Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

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	Tastes: Acrid		Dosage: 4.5-9g Do not cook for more than 15 minutes
	Aromatic
	Cautions: Yin deficiency with heat signs and Stomach Fire.		Meridians: Lung , Spleen , Stomach
	Preparation: Huo Xiang, also known as local Huo Xiang, is of secondary quality and is less commonly used than Guang Huo Xiang, even in the north.		Quality: No quality data at this time
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (Revised edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (11) bú huàn jīn zhèng qì sǎn (Rectify the Qi Powder Worth More than Gold) èr jiā jiǎn zhèng qì sǎn (Second Modification of Rectify the Qi Powder) gān lù xiāo dú dān (Sweet Dew Special Pill to Eliminate Toxin) huò pò xià líng tāng (Agastache, Magnolia Bark, Pinellia and Poria Decoction) huò xiāng zhèng qì sǎn (Agastache powder to Rectify the Qi) liù hé tāng (Harmonize the Six Decoction) pái qì yǐn (Discharge Gas Decoction) sān jiā jiǎn zhèng qì sǎn (Third Modification of Rectify the Qi Powder) sì jiā jiǎn zhèng qì sǎn (Fourth Modification of Rectify the Qi Powder) wǔ jiā jiǎn zhèng qì sǎn (Fifth Modification of Rectify the Qi Powder) yī jiā jiǎn zhèng qì sǎn (First Modification of Rectify the Qi Powder)

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Pogostemonis/Agastaches Herba

Botanical: Pogostemon Cablin (blanco) Benth.

Japanese:

Korean: gwakhyang

Common: Pogostemonis/Agastaches Herba/Patchouli

Temperature: Slightly Warm

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Harmonizes the Middle Jiao and Stops vomiting. add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Releases the Exterior and Transforms turbidity. add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Aromatically transforms dampness add comment

	+1 Christopher Arthur (Rootdown Editor) Nausea add comment

	+1 Brandy Proppe Riding this pogo stemon is giving me motion sickness and the nausea is so bad that I might be (藿香, agastache aroma) Huo Xiang (hosing) out vomit soon. add comment

	+1 Laura Drago Fungal infection add comment

	+1 Laura Drago Diarrhea add comment

	+1 Laura Drago Chills/Fever add comment

	+1 Laura Drago Morning Sickness add comment

Huo Xiang藿香 huò xiāng, "agastache aroma"