Leaf of Wrinkled Giant Hyssop

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Aromatically transforms dampness and harmonizes the middle - Huo Xiang Ye is used for nausea, poor appetite, abdominal fullness, and damp-turbidity affecting digestion.
• Releases the exterior and resolves summer-damp - traditional use includes heaviness, mild chills or fever, and digestive upset during humid summer disorders.
• Stops vomiting and freshens turbidity - the leaf is used when foul taste, chest oppression, and rebellious Stomach qi accompany damp obstruction.

Secondary Actions

• This page preserves Agastache rugosa leaf as a separate `Huo Xiang Ye` track rather than flattening it into the already-live `Guang Huo Xiang Ye` page for Pogostemon cablin.
• Agastache leaf is lighter and more explicitly species-sensitive than the broad generic `Huo Xiang` label often seen in commerce.

Classic Formulas

• Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San - classic summer-damp and digestive-turbidity formula family in which aromatic Huo Xiang leads the opening strategy.
• Huo Xiang with Pei Lan and Sha Ren - pairing style for turbid dampness, nausea, and poor appetite.
• Huo Xiang with Ban Xia or Zhu Ru - traditional logic when vomiting and phlegm-turbidity are prominent.

Classical References

• Traditional references describe Huo Xiang Ye as acrid and slightly warm, entering the Lung, Spleen, and Stomach to transform dampness, stop vomiting, and resolve summer-damp.
• Chinese herbology has long acknowledged ambiguity around `Huo Xiang`, which can refer to Agastache rugosa or Pogostemon cablin depending on source tradition.
• This page keeps the Agastache medicinal-leaf identity explicit to avoid future collapse of the two aromatic leaf tracks.