chai hu xian xiong tang

Bupleurum Decoction for Sinking inot the Chest

About chai hu xian xiong tang

Chai Hu Xian Xiong Tang, Bupleurum Decoction for Sinking into the Chest, is Chai Hu, Jiang Ban Xia, Huang Lian, Jie Geng, Huang Qin, Gua Lou Ren and Zhi Ke. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that clear Heat and transform Phlegm.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
chai hu3 g
jiang ban xia9 g
huang lian2.4 g
jie geng3 g
huang qin4.5 g
gua lou ren15 g
zhi ke4.5 g

Actions and indications

Releases the Shao Yang

  • Shao Yang disorder with Phlegm-Heat stuck in the chest
  • Chills alternating with fever; bitter taste; no appetite

Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm and expands the chest

  • Focal distention and fullness of the chest and diaphragm, painful on pressure
  • Phlegm that is thick, sticky and hard to cough up; laboured breathing
  • Chest pain on coughing or breathing in deeply
  • Tongue normal with a yellow coat; pulse wiry and rapid

Modern uses

  • Intermittent fever
  • Common cold
  • Influenza
  • Bronchitis
  • Bronchial asthma
  • Pneumonia
  • Pleurisy
  • Acute hepatitis
  • Chronic hepatitis
  • Cholecystitis
  • Cholelithiasis
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Anorexia

Symptoms

Names

Pinyinchai hu xian xiong tang
English NameBupleurum Decoction for Sinking inot the Chest

Classification

Category
Clear Heat and Transform Phlegm
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