Leaf of Cabline Potchouli … Classic Formulas
Guang Huo Xiang Ye · Folium Pogostemonis
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.
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 Text 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.