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Pinellia Heart-Draining Decoction

Banhasasim-tang

한글 반하사심탕 · Pinyin Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang

半夏瀉心湯

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

8 g
Chief 君

processed
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

6 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

6 g
Deputy 臣
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangnyeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Deputy 臣
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

6 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two dates

Total 32 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Harmonizes the stomach and disperses stuffiness
Settles counterflow retching with cold and heat intermingled

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Epigastric stuffiness with retching and loose stool
Cold and heat intermingled in the middle burner

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia with nausea
Gastritis with bloating and loose stool

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

半夏(製) 二錢, 黃芩ㆍ人參ㆍ甘草各一錢半, 乾薑一錢, 黃連五分. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《仲景》

Translation

Processed pinellia, 2 don; scutellaria, ginseng and licorice, 1 don 5 fun each; dried ginger, 1 don; coptis, 5 fun. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two jujubes and decoct in water. — Junggyeong 仲景 (Donguibogam · Han, lower)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The parent of the five heart-draining formulas and the clearest case in the canon of treating two opposite things at once. The stuffiness below the heart is heat, the loose stool is cold, and both are present in the same patient — so scutellaria and coptis cool the one while dried ginger warms the other, with ginseng, licorice and dates holding the middle between them. Pinellia leads because the retching is the complaint the patient actually brings. Note how small the coptis dose is: a quarter of the pinellia, enough to clear and not enough to chill. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.