Chinese Medicine Herbal Formulas
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
Pinellia Decoction To Drain the Epigastrium
Main Action of Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
This TCM herbal formulas main function is to harmonize the stomach qi, redirect rebellious Qi downwards, disperse clumping and eliminate focal distention. The chinese medicine formula is best suited for conditions where there was improper purging of an exterior or half exterior condition in a patient with concurrent stomach deficiency. The purging action would aggravate the pre existing stomach deficiency causing the pathogenic influencesto sink deeper into the interior producing clumping.
Indications and symptoms for Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
Epigastric focal distention, fullness of tightness with no pain, dry heaves, drank vomiting, borborygmus, diarrhea, poor appetite
Tongue – thin yellow greasy coat
Pulse – wiry rapid
Herbal Ingredients of Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Tematae, Pinellia Rhizome) – 9g.
Pungent warm, transforms cold phlegm, stop vomiting, reduce distention
Gan Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis, Dried Ginger Rhizome, Dried Ginger) - 9g.
Pungent, hot, expel interior cold, tonify yang deficiency, warms middle jiao-lungs-channels transforms phlegm, warms channels
Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis,k Baical Skullcap Root, Scutellaria, Scute) – 9g.
Bitter, cold, drain upper jiao fire, clear stomach damp heat, stop bleeding, clear liver yang rising
Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis, Coptis Rhizome) – 3 g.
Bitter, cold, drain fire, relieve toxicity, drains damp heat from stomach, clears heart fire
Ren Shen (Radix Ginseng, Ginseng Root) – 9g.
Warm, Tonify original/yuan qi lung qi spleen qi, generates fluids, benefits heart
Da Zao (Fructus Zizphi Jujubae, Chinese Date, Jujube) – 12 pieces
Sweet, tonify spleen qi, nourish blood
Zhi Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis, Licorice Root) – 9g.
Harmonize herbal formulas, moisten lung, tonify spleen/stomach
Cooking Preparation of Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
decoct the ingredients in 10 cups of water until six cups remain. remove ingredients and the decoction is then boiled down until 3 cups remain. This leaves three dosages of 1 cup each taken throughout the day.
Additional Information on Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
this is a variation of the formula Xiao Chai Hu Tang and should be compared with it.
This herbal formula will treat acute gastroenteritis, chronic gastritis, chronic hepatitis, early-stage cirrhosis, indigestion, and gastric ulcers if they show the appropriate symptoms.