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Minor Bupleurum C.
Chinese formulae

definition

Minor Bupleurum C. = Xiao Chai Hu Tang = "Minor Bupleurum Decoction"
sources:Hsu, 1980, p. 91; Yeung, p. 255; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 133; Bensky and Barolet, p. 136.
signs and symptoms:Alternating fever and chills, dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth, dizziness, irritability, emotional tension, easily angered, rigidity of the neck, headaches, sensation of choking or fullness in the chest, heartburn, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, reduced appetite, diarrhea or constipation.
tongue and pulse:thin, white tongue coating, and wiry pulse.
indications:Xiao Yang Channel Syndrome. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as common cold with lingering fever and viscid sputum, influenza, tonsillitis, otitis media, epidemic parotitis, lymphadenitis, stiffness in the neck, acute and chronic bronchitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, malaria, mastitis, intercostal neuralgia, stomachache, jaundice, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, acute viral hepatitis, postpartum fever, severe chills and fever due to uterine diseases, and acute pyelonephritis, hyperactivity.
cautions and contraindications:Contraindicated in patients with Shi (Excess) above and Xu (Deficiency) below, Liver Fire Blazing Upward, or bleeding gums. Use with caution in cases of Liver Yang Rising, hypertension, or vomiting of blood due to Yin Xu (Deficiency). Long-term usage of this formula can injure the Qi and cause headache, dizziness, and bleeding of the gums. Patients with relatively weak normal Qi may experience fever and chills while taking this formula.
ingredients:dosage for two days:
» 12 grams:bupleurum (chai hu).
» 9 grams:scute (huang qin), pinellia (ban xia).
» 6 grams:ginseng (ren shen).
» 3 grams:fresh ginger (sheng jiang), licorice (gan cao), jujube (da zao).
modifications:
» for pronounced thirst, omit pinellia (ban xia) and add trichosanthes root (tian hua fen).
» for abdominal fullness and pain, add corydalis (yan hu suo), cyperus (xiang fu), chih-shih (zhi shi).
» for rough, scanty, dark, and painful urination, add lysimachia (jin qian cao) and oldenlandia (bai hua she she cao).
» for Yin Xu (Deficiency), add tortoise shell (bie jia) and sweet wormwood (qing hao).
» for fever, coughing of yellow sputum, and chest pain, add platycodon (jie geng), trichosanthes fruit (gua lou) and fritillaria cirrhosa (chuan bei mu).


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