Description
Other Product Names: 廣藿香-無琉磺, Agastache / Patchouli / Pogostemon Herb
Product Notes: Properties: acrid, slightly warm, Lung, Spleen, Stomach.
There are two plants commonly used as the herb Huo Xiang. One is Guang Huo Xiang /Pogostemon cablin herb and Huo Xiang /Agastache rugosa herb (also known as Tu Huo Xiang). Huo Xiang or Tu Huo Xiang /Agastache rugosa is of secondary quality and is less commonly used even in its native northern China.
The dosage for Guang Huo Xiang is 3 to 9 grams of whole herb in decoction.
References:
“Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica 3rd edition” Bensky, Clavey, Stoger “Chinese Medical Herbology Chen and Chen”
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