Guang Huo Xiang / 廣藿香 (Patchouli, Pogostemon, 'giant purple hyssop')
Item
Title
Guang Huo Xiang / 廣藿香 (Patchouli, Pogostemon, 'giant purple hyssop')
Doc Hay's Shorthand
Ge Xiang / 各香 [?]
霍香
Latin name
Pogostemonis Herba
Herb Category
Nature of Herb
Flavor of Herb
Bibliographic Citation
Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. - "There are two plants that are commonly used as the herb Huo Xiang...Pogostemonis Herba (Guang Huo Xiang / 廣藿香) from southern China is considered superior. [...] The other plant, Agastaches Herba (Huo Xiang / 藿香), also known as local Huo Xiang (Tu Huo Xiang / 土藿香), is of secondary quality and is less commonly used, even in the north. " pg. 475
Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)
PhysicalObject
Format of the digital image
image/jpeg
Rights
Rights Holder
Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site
Owner of the Collection
State of Oregon
Source (the collection in which this object is found)
Kam Wah Chung Collection
KWC location ID
KWC2007.1.3756
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