Formulas · Harmonize 和解 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cold Damage)

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
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

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

6 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

2 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

6 g
Assistant 佐
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

3 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

6 g
Envoy 使

Total 37 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

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 directs rebellion downward
Disperses epigastric focal distention
Balances cold and heat

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Epigastric pi (focal distention) without pain
Nausea and vomiting with borborygmus
Mixed cold-heat of the middle Jiao

Biomedical correlates

Functional dyspepsia
Gastritis and reflux
Diarrhea with gastric fullness

Clinical commentary 臨床

The paradigm of acrid-opening, bitter-descending method — warm and cold herbs deployed simultaneously to untangle a knotted middle. Arguably the single most useful formula in modern GI practice. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.