Harmonizing formulas
Ban xia xie xin tang
Pinellia Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium
- Chinese name
- 半夏泻心汤
- Group
- Harmonizing formulas
- English name
- Pinellia Combination
- Basic formula
- ✓
Makes rebellious stomach qi descend and resolves lodged heat and cold in stomach and intestines.
Indications
For disharmony between stomach and intestines with cold, heat or both: a full feeling in the abdomen, retching and vomiting, rumbling bowels and loose stools or diarrhoea, also in acute gastroenteritis.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Ban xia, prepared (pinellia) | 9 g |
| Huang lian (coptis) | 3 g |
| Huang qin (Baikal skullcap) | 9 g |
| Dried ginger (gan jiang) | 9 g |
| Ginseng (ren shen) | 9 g |
| Honey-fried licorice (zhi gan cao) | 9 g |
| Jujube (da zao) | 12 stuks |
- Tongue
- thin yellow, greasy coating
- Pulse
- tight and rapid
Variations
- For heat and dampness: fresh instead of dried ginger (sheng jiang xie xin tang).
- For stomach qi deficiency: 12–15 g honey-fried licorice (gan cao xie xin tang).