大半夏汤

Name

1. Da Banxia Tang
2. 大半夏湯

The Prescription of 大半夏汤

Source

The book Jin Gui Yao Lue

Ingredients

• Ban Xia 9 g,
• Ren Shen 6 g,
• Honey 20 ml.

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.

The Effect of 大半夏汤

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.

Administrations

Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken twice.