Herb Listings
Huo Xiang / Patchouli or Agastache Plant | |||
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Taste: Acrid • Temperature: Slightly Warm • Category: Transforms Damp - Aromatic • Sub Category: | |||
Dosage4.5-9g |
Actions1. Aromatically transforms dampness: for turbid dampness creating internal obstruction. Specifically dampness obstructing the middle burner & interfering with the Spleen's transportive functions. Symptoms & signs include abdominal &/or epigastric distention & fullness, nausea, vomiting, reduced appetite, & a white, moist tongue coating.2. Harmonizes the middle burner & stops vomiting: most commonly used in cases of nausea or vomiting due to dampness obstructing the middle burner. Can also be used for other types of vomiting when combined with appropriate herbs. Also used for morning sickness. 3. Releases the externior & transforms turbidity: for exterior disorders with dampness including the early stages of damp warm-febrile diseases or summerheat, as well as externally contracted wind-cold with internal injury from dampness. In addition to the exterior signs, these patients have digestive symptoms such as nausea, abdominal distention, or stomachache. |
MeridiansLung, Spleen, Stomach |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of yin deficiency with heat signs, & Stomach fire. |