Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Junggyeong (仲景)
Pinellia and Dried Ginger Powder
Banhageongang-san
한글 반하건강산 · Pinyin Ban Xia Gan Jiang San
半夏乾薑散
Composition 構成
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Actions 效能
- Treats dry retching with frothy drool brought up
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Cold in the stomach with dry retching and froth
Biomedical correlates
- Retching with excessive salivation
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治乾嘔吐涎沫. 半夏ㆍ乾薑 各等分. 右麄末, 每取三錢, 水煎, 緩緩服. 《仲景》
Translation
Treats dry retching with frothy drool brought up. Pinellia and dried ginger, equal parts. Grind coarsely and take 3 don each time, decocted in water and given slowly. — Junggyeong 仲景 (Donguibogam · Guto)
Clinical commentary 臨床
Two drugs in equal parts, the shortest formula in the chapter. Where Saenggangbanha-tang uses fresh ginger juice for the acute distress, this uses dried ginger for the cold behind it: the same pair, warmer and slower. 吐涎沫, frothy drool brought up, is the sign both formulas are aimed at, and the Junggyeong treats it as cold water in the stomach rather than as phlegm heat. **Contains pinellia, which is toxic in the raw state and must be properly processed before use.** — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.