Prescriptions for Checking the Upward Adverse Flow of Qi
Xiao Ban Xia Tang (小半夏汤)
Name
The Prescription of 小半夏汤
Source
The book Jin Gui Yao Lue
Ingredients
Ban Xia 18 g,Sheng Jiang 15 g.Explanation
Ban Xia: The principal drug, being pungent in flavor and warm in nature, dispersing accumulation of pathogens, letting the adverse flow of the stomach-Qi go downwards to arrest vomiting.
Sheng Jiang: Being pungent in taste and warm in nature, dispersing accumulation of pathogens, regulating the stomach to arrest vomiting.
The Effect of 小半夏汤
Effect
Harmonize the stomach and calm the adverse-rising energy, eliminate phlegm and dispel retained fluid.
Indications
Vomit without thirst, phlegm and retained fluid accumulation, vomit due to stomach cold, phlegm and retained fluid with cough.
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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