Prescriptions for Clearing away Heat to Eliminate Heat-phlegm
Chai Hu Xian Xiong Tang (柴胡陷胸汤)
Name
The Prescription of 柴胡陷胸汤
Source
The book Chong Ding Tong Su Shang Han Lun
Ingredients
Chai Hu 3 g,Jiang Ban Xia 9 g,Chuan Lian 2.4 g,Jie Geng 3 g,Huang Qin 4.5 g,Gua Lou Ren 15 g,Zhi Shi 4.5 g,Ginger Juice 4 dropsExplanation
Huang Lian: Clearing away heat and purging fire.
Ban Xia: Checking upward adverse flow of Qi, regulating the stomach, resolving phlegm.
Chai Hu: The principal drug, being bitter and pungent in flavor and slightly cold in nature, tending to distribute so as to disperse pathogenic factors from the superficies of the body.
Huang Qin: Being bitter in taste and cold in nature, being adept in removing pathogenic heat in Shaoyang channel.
Jie Geng: Ventilating the lung, dispelling phlegm, relieving sore throat.
Zhi Shi: Inducing downward flow of Qi to disperse stagnation of Qi, relieving fullness and distention.
Gua Lou Ren: Moistening the lung and resolving phlegm.
The Effect of 柴胡陷胸汤
Indications
Acute bronchitis, Acute attack of chronic cholecystitis.
Administrations
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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