Minor Bupleurum Decoction
(xiao chia hu tang 小柴胡湯)

Source: Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases《傷寒論》

chai hu

bupleurum root

Radix Bupleuri

柴胡

huang qin

baical skullcap root 

 Radix Scutellariae

黃芩

ban xia

pinellia tuber

Rhizoma Pinelliae

半夏

ren shen

ginseng

Radix Ginseng

人參

zhi gan cao

Roasted liquorice root

Radix Glycyrrhizae Praeparata

炙甘草

sheng jiang

fresh ginger

Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens

生薑

da zao

common jujube fruit

Fructus Ziziphi Jujubae

大棗

Indications: alternating chills and fever, dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth, dizziness, irritability, chest and rib fullness, nausea and a poor appetite. With appropriate modifications, this formula can be used in conditions such as upper respiratory tract infection, influenza, jaundice, malaria, peptic ulcer, gastritis, chronic hepatic and gallbladder problems, postpartum fever, lymphadenitis, and intercostal neuralgia.

適應証:少陽病表現寒熱往來,胸肋悶滿,胃口差,心煩嘔惡,口苦咽乾,視眩。本方性味平和,臨床應用很廣,如外感熱病、傳染性肝炎、膽囊炎、肝硬化,慢性胃炎、胃潰瘍、產褥熱、淋巴腺炎、肋間神經痛、急性乳腺炎、低熱待查等出現上述少陽証。