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AboutHerbsCaution/Notes
| Health Benefits |
| For: Peptic ulcer • Gastritis • Cholecystitis • Bronchitis |
| Attributes: |
| Categories (Click on ⌕ for other formulas in the category) |
| Category: Clear Heat ⌕ Subcategory: Clear Heat and Transform Phlegm ⌕ Family: ⌕ Source: Shang Han Lun ⌕ Related Formula: |
| Actions |
| Clear heat • Resolve phlegm • Soothe chest • Dissolve clumps |
| Indications and Contraindications |
| Appearance: Tongue -White • Slimy Pulse - Face/other - |
| Patterns: |
| Indications: Chest pains when pressed • Yellow and thick sputum • Constipation • Bitter taste in mouth |
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| Properties |
| Data adapted from product found online. Categories 4% or less not shown. |
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| Herbs |
Cat/Dose |
Actions |
Properties |
| Gua Lou ♠ |
24g-30g |
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9g |
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| Jiang Ban Xia • Pinellia Root • 半夏 ♣ |
Phlegm Cold
9g-12g |
Transforms damp-phlegm • Direct stomach Qi downward• Stop cough/ wheezing • Relieve nausea & vomiting • Dissolve nodules and swellingsFan Ban Xia - deep fried with vinegar, Ming Fan, and Sheng Jiang • Jiang Ban Xia - fried with ginger juice |
reprotoxic, warming, drying, antitussive, antiemetic |
| ♠ King/Chief ♥ Minister/Deputy ♣ Assistant ♦ Envoy |
| Directions:Decoct all ingredients together. |
| Modifications |
For |
| + Yu Jin + Zhi Shi |
Acute distention and abdominal pain |
| + Zhu Ru+ Sheng Jiang |
Vomiting |
| + Zhi Shi + Zhi zi |
Painful hunger |
| + Tao Ren + Hong Hua + Wu Ling Zhi + Pu Huang |
Myocardial infarction |
| + Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang |
High fever with strong cough |
| + Bei Mu + Dan Nan Xing |
Viscous sputum |
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| Caution |
ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
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Ban Xia: Yin deficiency cough • Bleeding • Dehydration • Heat • Pregnancy • Incompatible with Wu Tou and Fu Zi • Antidepressant drugs • Blood pressure medication • Terfenadine (antihistamine) • Foods: lamb, goat
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