藿香 (huò xiāng) — wrinkled giant hyssop (a medicinal herb)

Definition

A fragrant medicinal herb (Agastache) used in traditional Chinese medicine, especially in summer to prevent heatstroke and aid digestion. As a technical TCM term, it appears mostly in herbal contexts rather than daily speech.

noun
wrinkled giant hyssop (a medicinal herb)
Measure word · 株
Easily confused

Examples

  • ，藿香。
    Yī shēng kāi le yí fù zhōng yào, lǐ miàn hán yǒu huò xiāng.
    The doctor prescribed a Chinese herbal medicine that contains Agastache.
  • 藿香。
    huò xiāng Zài xià tiān cháng yòng lái yù fáng zhòng shǔ.
    Agastache is often used in summer to prevent heatstroke.
  • 藿香，。
    Zhè zhǒng huò xiāng qì wèi qīng xiāng, kě yǐ pào chá hē.
    This type of Agastache has a fresh fragrance and can be brewed as tea.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

藿huòa plant
香xiāngfragrant

藿 names a plant, and 香 describes its fragrance.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

香's early form paired 黍 (glutinous millet) with 口 (mouth), perhaps showing millet drink being taken in or offered.

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