Prescriptions for Clearing away Heat to Eliminate Heat-phlegm
Xiao Xianxiong Tang: Classic TCM Formula
Name
The Prescription of Xiao Xianxiong Tang
Source
The book Shang Han Lun
Ingredients
Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis) 6 g,Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) 12 g,Gua Lou (Fructus Trichosanthis) 30 g.Explanation
Gua Lou: The principal drug, clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, relieving stuffiness in the chest, dispersing stagnancy.
Huang Lian: Clearing away heat and purging fire.
Ban Xia: Checking upward adverse flow of Qi, regulating the stomach, resolving phlegm.
The Effect of Xiao Xianxiong Tang
Effect
Clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, relieving stuffiness in the chest, dispersing stagnancy.
Indications
Syndrome due to combination of phlegm and heat, marked by fullness and tenderness in the chest and epigastric region, or cough with yellowish thick sputum, yellowish greasy tongue coating, and slippery rapid or floating rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as pleuritis, intercostal neuralgia, bronchitis, pneumonia, acute and chronic gastritis and cholecystitis.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
Notes for Xiao Xianxiong Tang
NameMinor Decoction for Relieving Stuffiness in the Channels
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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