Leaf of Cabline Potchouli

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Aromatically transforms dampness and harmonizes the middle - Guang Huo Xiang Ye is used for nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, abdominal fullness, and summer-damp turbidity affecting digestion.
• Releases the exterior and resolves summer-heat dampness - it is selected when heaviness, headache, chest oppression, and mild exterior symptoms accompany digestive upset.
• Refreshes the mouth and stops foul turbidity - traditional use includes bad taste, halitosis, and muddled damp stagnation in the upper and middle burner.

Secondary Actions

• This record keeps the leaf-specific aromatic material separate from broader Guang Huo Xiang aerial-part records and from the later `Huo Xiang Ye` page tied to Agastache rugosa naming.
• Leaves are often regarded as more strongly aromatic and slightly lighter in action than thicker stem-containing cut herb material.

Classic Formulas

• Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San - classic summer-damp and digestive-turbidity formula in which Huo Xiang directs the aromatic opening strategy.
• Huo Pu Xia Ling Tang - damp-turbidity and summer-heat formula logic that matches Guang Huo Xiang Ye's digestive and aromatic role.
• Huo Xiang with Pei Lan or Sha Ren - pairing style for nausea, foul taste, and turbid dampness affecting the middle burner.

Classical References

• Traditional references describe Guang Huo Xiang Ye as acrid and slightly warm, entering the Lung, Spleen, and Stomach to aromatically transform dampness, stop vomiting, and release summer-damp exterior patterns.
• The `Guang` prefix matters because true Pogostemon cablin material has long been distinguished from other regional `Huo Xiang` substitutions.
• This page preserves the medicinal leaf identity rather than treating patchouli leaf as mere essential-oil raw material.