小半夏湯
小半夏湯 is also named 小半夏汤, The Prescription of Xiao Banxia Tang
Source
The book Jin Gui Yao Lue
Ingredients
- Ban Xia 18 g,
- Sheng Jiang 15 g.
Explanation
Ban Xia: The principal drug, being pungent in flavor and warm in nature, dispersing accumulation of pathogens, letting the adverse flow of the stomach-Qi go downwards to arrest vomiting.
Sheng Jiang: Being pungent in taste and warm in nature, dispersing accumulation of pathogens, regulating the stomach to arrest vomiting.
Effect
Harmonize the stomach and calm the adverse-rising energy, eliminate phlegm and dispel retained fluid.
Indications
Vomit without thirst, phlegm and retained fluid accumulation, vomit due to stomach cold, phlegm and retained fluid with cough.
Administration
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken twice.