Botanical name 學名﹕Agastache rugosa (Fisch.et Mey.) O. Ktze & Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth.
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。
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
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。
[1]Zhong Hua Ben Cao 中華本草
(by Joe Hing kwok Chu)
