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***Guang Huo Xiang (Herba Pogostemonis)/Chinese Traditional Herb***
 
 
 
 
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Guang Huo Xiang commonly known as Herba Pogostemonis is the above-ground part of Pogostemon cablin, which is a perennial herb belonging to the family Lamiaceae. It is a relatively practical and common Chinese herbal medicine, which first appeared in <Mingyi Bie Lu> around 420-589 AD.
There are about 90 species of Pogostemon, which are mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Australia. Among them, only a small number of species are distributed in tropical and subtropical Africa. The best-known member of this genus is Pogostemon cablin.
Pogostemon cablin is also known as Patchouli. They prefer hot, humid, and sunny environments. They grow well in loose, fertile, well-drained slightly acidic sandy loam soils. They often grow on hillsides or roadsides at an altitude of 1,000-2,000 meters. They are native to South and Southeast Asia and are now widely distributed in China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
This plant has some economic value. They are widely used in the flavor and fragrance industry as well as in the pharmaceutical industry. They can be made into soaps, detergents, body lotions, perfumes, and health products.
Pogostemon cablin
In some pharmaceutical markets, Agastache rugosa is also known as Huo Xiang or Tu Huo Xiang. The 1985 edition and subsequent editions of the “Chinese Pharmacopoeia” stipulate that Pogostemon cablin is the genuine medicinal material of Huo Xiang. Although they both belong to the Lamiaceae family, Agastache rugosa cannot replace Pogostemon cablin for medicinal purposes.
When the branches and leaves of Pogostemon cablin are luxuriant, people gather their above-ground parts, remove their fibrous roots and impurities, dry them during the day and seal them at night, repeatedly until they become dry, cut them into pieces, and make them into Chinese herbal medicines.
Guang Huo Xiang contains apigenin, pachypodol, kumatakenin, apigenin-7-glucoside, acacetin-7-glucoside, rhamnetin, ombuin, hyperoside, licochalcone A, α-patchoulene, pogostol, α-guaiene, bulnesene, patchouli alcohol, seychellene, cycloseychellene, senecrassidiol, 9-oxo-senecrassidiol, corymbolone, diterpenoid compounds, triterpenes, crenatoside, verbascoside, campneoside I, orobanchin, 5α-Stigmast-3,6-dione, stigmasterol, β-Sitosterol, daucosterol, Stigmast-4-ene-3-one, soya-cerebrosides, uracil, fatty acids, furfurals, phthalate esters, and pyran compounds.
Generally, Guang Huo Xiang with thick stems and no fibrous roots, and a strong aroma and slightly bitter taste are preferred.
According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, the medicinal property of Guang Huo Xiang is slightly warm, with a pungent taste. It has a certain therapeutic effect on the pathological changes of the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians.
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is often used to remove dampness by means of aromatics, regulate the middle warmer and stop vomiting, promote sweating and relieve summer heat, and treat colds, headaches, fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, fatigue, chest tightness, bad breath, mouth ulcers, tinea of feet and hands, infantile hand-foot-mouth disease, infantile autumn diarrhea, SARS, acute gastroenteritis, superficial gastritis, peptic ulcer, chronic sinusitis, insect and snake bites.
There are more than 300 kinds of Chinese medicine prescriptions containing it, such as Huoxiang Zhengqi Shui, Bao Ji Wan, and Si Zheng Wan.
 
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