The Prescription of Banxia Houpo Tang
Name
Decoction of Pinellia and Magnolia Bark
Source
The book Jin Gui Yao Lue
Ingredients
- Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) 12 g,
- Fu Ling (Poria) 12 g,
- Hou Po (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis) 9 g,
- Sheng Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens) 9 g,
- Su Ye (Folium Perillae) 6 g.
Explanation
Ban Xia: The principal drug, dissolving phlegm and dispersing accumulation of pathogens, keeping the adverse Qi flowing downward and regulating the stomach.
Hou Po: Inducing Qi to flow downward and relieving distention.
Fu Ling: Being sweet and tasteless in flavor, inducing diuresis.
Sheng Jiang: Being pungent in taste and warm in nature, dispersing accumulation of pathogens, regulating the stomach to arrest vomiting.
Su Ye: Being aromatic in taste, promoting the flow of Qi, regulating the lung, soothing the liver.
Effect
Promoting the circulation of Qi and dispersing accumulation of pathogens, making the adverse Qi flow downward to dissolve phlegm.
Indications
Syndrome of globus hystericus marked by a sensation of something stuck in the throat which is difficult to vomit out or swallow, fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, whitish moist tongue coating, and taut slow pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as hysteria, gastroneurosis, esophageal spasm and chronic pharyngitis.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.