Huo Xiang
| Huo Xiang in TCM:Explore the properties of Huo Xiang according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: agastache, wrinkled giant hyssop
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Agastache
Properties: acrid, slightly warm, aromatic
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, ST, SP
Flavors: aromatic, pungent
Special Properties:
clears damp, resolves summer heat
Actions / Indications:
- Aromatically transforms damp (fullness, nausea, abdominal
end epigastric distension; vomit, poor appetite, diarrhea, dysenteric
disorder, greasy tongue coat)
- Stops vomit due to damp (nausea / vomiting due to
dampness, cold or heat; morning sickness)
- Releases exterior; Transform Turbidity (exterior
summer-damp invasion with or without wind cold; damp warm-febrile, chills,
fever, headache, abdominal distension, nausea, diarrhea; damp-cold malaria,
topically for fungal infection)
Special Notes:
- (cooking: do not cook for too long a time)
- Huo Xiang has a broad spectrum antibiotic effect and it increases gastric juice secretion and promotes digestion.
Contraindications:
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat)
- (cc: ST fire)
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