The Prescription of Da Banxia Tang

The Prescription of Da Banxia Tang is also named 大半夏汤, 大半夏湯

Source

The book Jin Gui Yao Lue

Ingredients

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.

Ren Shen: Replenishing the Qi of the middle-Jiao.

Honey: Tonifying qi of middle energizer and lung, relieving spasm to alleviate pain, moistening the lung to relieve cough, moistening intestine to smooth stool.

Effect

Tonify the spleen and stomach and calm the adverse-rising energy.

Indications

Regurgitation and vomit, eating in morning but vomiting in evening or eating in evening but vomiting in morning.

Administration

Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken twice.