薄荷 Bohe
Herba Menthae
【Source】
Source is from branch and leaf of Mentha haplocalyx Briqi, family Labiata.
【Properties】
Pungent in flavor, cool in nature, attributive to lung and liver meridians.
【Actions】
Expel wind and heat, clear away heat from the head and eye, ease the throat, promote eruption, soothe the liver and disperse stagnation of liver-qi.
【Application】
1. Bohe is used for exterior syndrome due to wind and heat or seasonal febrile diseases at the early stage manifested as fever and anhidrosis, slight aversion to wind and cold, headache.
2. For the syndrome of wind and heat attacking upwards, manifested as headache, redness of eyes, swollen,
painful throat.
3. For unsmooth eruption of measles and rubella with itching.
4. For stagnation of liver-qi, oppressed feeling in the chest, hypochondriac pain, or swollen pain of breast , i
rregular menstruation.
【Famous Prescription】
Yin Qiao San (Powder) Xiaoyao San (Powder)
