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Source: Sù Wèn Bìng Jī Qì Yí Bǎo Mìng Jí 素问病机气宜保命集

Ingredients

• Chái hú (柴胡 Bupleuri Radix, bupleurum [root]) 24g
• Huáng qín (黄芩 Scutellariae Radix, scutellaria [root]) 9g
• Bàn xià (半夏 Pinelliae Rhizoma, pinellia [rhizome]) 9g
• Gān cǎo (甘草 Glycyrrhizae Radix, licorice [root]) (mix-fried) 9g
• Sān qī (三七 Notoginseng Radix, notoginseng [root]) 9g
• Xiān máo (仙茅 Curculiginis Rhizoma, curculigo [root]) 45g
• Shú dì huáng (熟地黄 Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, cooked rehmannia [root]) 45g
• Dāng guī (当归 Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Chinese angelica) 45g
• Chuān xiōng (川芎 Chuanxiong Rhizoma, chuanxiong [rhizome]) 45g

Indications: Externally contracted evils penetrating to the reverting yīn characterized by pain extending from the chest to the back and alternating heat effusion and aversion to cold, with symptoms often becoming worse at night. There may also be a pale tongue with dark-purple speckles, and a fine, stringlike pulse, which are signs of vacuity and stasis. Also used for taxation with mild alternating heat effusion and aversion to cold.

Method: Grind to a powder; or, as is the modern convention, reduce the amounts and prepare as a decoction.

Dosage: Powder taken in 9–12g dosages.

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

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