일반명-영어 Schizonepeta spike, Fine-leaf schizonepeta
라틴명 Schizonepetae Spica
이명 향형개(香荊芥), 선개(線芥), 가소(假蘇), 강개(薑芥), 일념금(一念金)
학명 Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briquet (형개)
기원 형개 Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briquet (꿀풀과 Labiatae)의 꽃이삭 (花穗)

약성/귀경
맵고(辛) 따뜻하다(溫),
폐, 간경(肺, 肝經)에 작용한다.

효능
거풍해표 (祛風解表), 거풍해경(祛風解痙), 거풍투진 (祛風透疹), 요창 (療瘡), 초탄지혈 (炒炭止血)

거풍해표 (祛風解表): a therapeutic method of relieving the external wind pattern/syndrome and dispelling pathogenic factors from the exterior portion of the body

거풍해경 (祛風解痙): a therapeutic method of extiguishing wind to relieve convulsions

거풍투진 (祛風透疹): a therapeutic method of relieving wind to promote skin eruption in measles

요창 (療瘡): treatment of suppurative diseases of the body surface including sore and ulcer

초탄지혈 (炒炭止血): a therapeutic method for hemostatic by carbonizing the medicinals