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Source: Chóng Dìng Tōng Sú Shāng Hán Lùn 重订通俗伤寒论

Ingredients:

• Chái hú (柴胡 Bupleuri Radix, bupleurum [root]) 3g
• Huáng qín (黄芩 Scutellariae Radix, scutellaria [root]) 4.5g
• Jiāng bàn xià (姜半夏 Pinelliae Rhizoma cum Zingibere Praeparatum, ginger[-processed] pinellia [rhizome]) 9g
• Zhǐ ké (qiào) (枳壳 Aurantii Fructus, bitter orange) 4.5g
• Huáng lián (黄连 Coptidis Rhizoma, coptis [root]) 2.4g
• Guā lóu rén (瓜蒌仁 Trichosanthis Semen, trichosanthes seed) 15g
• Jiāng zhī (姜汁 Zingiberis Rhizomatis Succus, ginger juice)

Action: Harmonizes and resolves the lesser yáng (shào yáng); opens with acrid agents and downbears with bitter agents.

Indication: Lesser yáng disease of the phlegm obstruction type with pain in the chest, rib-side, stomach duct and abdomen, and a bitter taste in the mouth. Tongue fur: Yellow. Pulse: Stringlike and rapid.

Category: Phlegm-dispelling formulas / Heat-clearing phlegm-transforming formula

Method: Prepare as a decoction and add four drops of ginger juice into each bowel of the liquid.

Notes: This is a variant of Xiǎo chái hú tāng (小柴胡汤 Minor Bupleurum Decoction).

Similar: Xiǎo chái hú tāng (小柴胡汤 Minor Bupleurum Decoction)

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