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Korean Mint
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Agastache
Species:	A. rugosa
Binomial name
Agastache rugosa (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kuntze[1]

Agastache rugosa (Korean Mint, Blue Licorice, Purple Giant Hyssop, Huo xiang, Indian Mint, Patchouli Herb, Wrinkled Giant Hyssop; syn. Lophanthus rugosus Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) is a medicinal and ornamental plant in the Lamiaceae family.

Medicinal uses

It is called (Chinese: 藿香; pinyin: huò xiāng)^[2] in Chinese and it is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.^[3]

Chemical constituents

Chemical compounds found in the plant include:^[4]

• 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.^[3]

See also

• Chinese herbology

References

External links

• Agastache rugosa photo
• Plants For A Future: Agastache rugosa

From Wikispecies

Agastache rugosa

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids I
Ordo: Lamiales
Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Genus: Agastache
Species: Agastache rugosa

Name

Agastache rugosa (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kuntze

References

• Revisio Generum Plantarum 2:511. 1891
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]