Agastache rugosa

Taxobox


image_width = 250px
name = Korean Mint
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lamiaceae
genus = "Agastache"
species = "A. rugosa"
binomial = "Agastache rugosa"
binomial_authority = (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Kuntze [cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?1675 |title=Agastache rugosa information from NPGS/GRIN |accessdate=2008-02-19 |publisher=USDA ]

"Agastache rugosa" (Korean Mint, Blue Licorice, Purple Giant Hyssop, Huo xiang, Indian Mint, Patchouli Herb, Wrinkled Giant Hyssop; syn. "Lophanthus rugosus" Fisch. & Mey.) is a medicinal and ornamental plant in the Lamiaceae family. It is called "huò xiāng" () [ cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019465 |title=Agastache rugosa in Flora of China @ efloras.org |accessdate=2008-02-19 ] in Chinese and it is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.cite web|url=http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Agastache+rugosa |title=Agastache rugosa - Plants For A Future database report |accessdate=2008-02-14 ]

Chemical compounds found in the plant include: [ cite web|url=http://sun.ars-grin.gov:8080/npgspub/xsql/duke/plantdisp.xsql?taxon=1978 |title=Species Information |accessdate=2008-02-19 |work=Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases ]

*Estragole, Plant

*P-Anisaldehyde, Plant

*P-Methoxy-cinnamaldehyde, Shoot

*Pachypodol, Leaf

The plant has antibacterial, antifungal, antipyretic, aromatic, anticancer, carminative, diaphoretic, febrifuge, refrigerant, and stomachic properties, among others.

ee also

*Chinese herbology

References

External links

* [http://www.highcountrygardens.com/11822.html "Agastache rugosa"] photo
* [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Agastache+rugosa Plants For A Future: "Agastache rugosa"]