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Last update: June 7, 2008, 5 p. LAH

bo he 薄荷
 

Translated and edited by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Herba  Menthae Haplocalycis

Latin botanical name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Mentha arvensis var. piperascens L. Malinv. ex LH.Bailey (野薄荷 Japanese

Field Mint)

Mentha haplocalyx Briq.Field (蘇薄荷 Mint or Mentha )

Mentha piperita  (歐薄荷 Peppermint)

Mentha spicata L. (留蘭香, 綠薄荷 Spearment)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

hakka

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

pakha

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

pok6 ho4

Other Names:

別名﹕

su bo he 蘇薄荷

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Common Mint Field Mint. (Mentha arvensis)

Peppermint (Mentha piperascens) which is a hybrid

of water mint (M. aquatica) and spearmint (M. spicata).

Distribution:

產地﹕

throughout China

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

acrid, cool

辛﹐凉。