小半夏汤

The Prescription of 小半夏汤

Source

The book Jin Gui Yao Lue

Ingredients

• Ban Xia 18 g,
• Sheng Jiang 15 g.

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.

Sheng Jiang: Being pungent in taste and warm in nature, dispersing accumulation of pathogens, regulating the stomach to arrest vomiting.

The Effect of 小半夏汤

Effect

Harmonize the stomach and calm the adverse-rising energy, eliminate phlegm and dispel retained fluid.

Indications

Vomit without thirst, phlegm and retained fluid accumulation, vomit due to stomach cold, phlegm and retained fluid with cough.

Administrations

Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken twice.