Harmonizing formulas
Xiao yao san
Free and Easy Wanderer Powder
- Chinese name
- 逍遥散
- Group
- Harmonizing formulas
- English name
- Bupleurum and Dang Gui Formula
- Basic formula
- ✓
Harmonizes liver and spleen, lets stagnant liver qi flow and nourishes the blood.
Indications
For blood deficiency with disharmony between liver and spleen: a full, painful feeling in the chest, anaemia, dizziness, headache, a dry mouth and throat, fatigue, poor appetite, irregular menstruation, discharge, tense breasts and alternating fever and chills. Also for chronic hepatitis.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Chai hu (bupleurum) | 6–9 g |
| Dang gui (Chinese angelica) | 6–9 g |
| White peony root (bai shao) | 8–12 g |
| Bai zhu (white atractylodes) | 9–15 g |
| Fu ling (poria) | 9–15 g |
| Mint (bo he) | 1–3 g |
| Fresh ginger (sheng jiang) | 1–3 g |
| Honey-fried licorice (zhi gan cao) | 3–6 g |
- Tongue
- pale red
- Pulse
- thin, wiry and weak