HERB FORMULAS

CHAI HU XIAN XIONG TANG - 柴胡陷胸湯 - BUPLEURUM DECOCTION FOR PATHOGENS STUCK IN THE CHEST

English: Bupleurum Decoction (for Pathogens) Stuck In the Chest
Also Known As: Bupleurum Decoction for Sinking Into the Chest
Bupleurum and Scute Combination
Chai Xian Tang

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu 3g Resolves Shao Yang disorders and reduces fever (harmonizes the Exterior and Interior).
With Huang Qin clears Liver and Gallbladder Heat.
With Huang Qin and Jiang Ban Xia, for Shao Yang disorders with alternating chills and fever and a sensation of fullness in the hypochondria and chest.
With Zhi Ke, for a stifling sensation in the chest, abdominal pain, poor appetite, and irregular bowel movements.
Ginger-fried Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Jiang Ban Xia 9g Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, descends Qi and alleviates nausea.
With Huang Lian, for epigastric distention and indigestion due to a simultaneous invasion of Hot and Cold pathogenic influences into the Stomach.
With Huang Lian and Gua Lou Ren, for Phlegm-Heat clumping in the chest and epigastrium with a stifling, distended sensation in the epigastrium that is aggravated by pressure, coughing of viscous, yellow sputum, a greasy, yellow tongue coat and a slippery, rapid pulse.
With Huang Qin, for Phlegm-Heat induced Rebellious Qi with cough, nausea, and vomiting.
With Gus Lou Ren, for focal distention in the chest and diaphragm due to clumping of Phlegm and Heat leading to Qi Stagnation and chest Bi due to clumping of sticky, thick and turbid Phlegm.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 2.4g Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity.
With Huang Qin, drains pathogenic Heat from the Upper and Middle Jiaos for high fever, redness, swelling and pain of the head and face, dry mouth, parched throat, ulcerations of the mouth and tongue, epistaxis, rashes and irritability in warm-febrile disease.
Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng 3g Opens the Lungs, spreads Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, benefits the throat and directs the effects of other herbs to the upper body.
With Zhi Ke, for Phlegm Obstruction and Qi Stagnation with discomfort and a stifling sensation in the chest.
With Zhi Ke and Gua Lou Ren, for Phlegm Obstruction and Qi Stagnation with discomfort and a stifling sensation in the chest.
With Jiang Ban Xia, for cough due to Wind-Cold Invasion or long-standing Phlegm-Dampness.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 4.5g Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire, detoxifies, cools the Blood, stops bleeding and calms ascending Liver Yang.
With Chai Hu, for Heat in the Shao Yang with alternating chills and fever, and nausea.
Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren 15g Clears Heat, transforms Hot Phlegm and expands the chest.
With Jiang Ban Xia, Huang Qin, Huang Lian and Chai Hu, for cough with chest pain and difficult to expectorate sputum with extreme Heat.
Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke 4.5g Promotes the movement of Qi, reduces distention and pressure and resolves hardenings.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Transforms Phlegm
  • Expands the chest
  • Releases the Shao Yang

SYNDROMES

  • Shao Yang disorders with Phlegm-Heat Stagnation in the chest

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Fullness and focal distention in the chest and diaphragm
  • Pain in the chest and diaphragm with pressure
  • Thick, sticky, difficult-to-expectorate Phlegm
  • Panting
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Chest pain with coughing or on deep inhalation
  • Anorexia
  • T: Normal
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid

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