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Herbal Formula for Mediating Shaoyang- Chai Hu Zhi Jie Tang
                       
                 

            ASSOCIATED FORMULA FOR XIAO CHAI HU TANG

                                  Chai Hu Zhi Jie Tang         

                Bupleurum, Orange and Platy codon Decoction
                           
SOURCE: Chong Ding Tong Shu Shang Han Lun (Revised Popular Treatise on Cold-Attack) :
INGREDIENTS: Chai Hu (Bupleurum root) 4g, Zhi Qiao (bitter orange) 4. 5g, Jian Ban Xia (pinellia tuber parched
with fresh ginger juice) 4. 5g, Sheng Jiang ( fresh ginger) 3g, Huang Qin (scutellaria root) 4g, Jie Geng (platycodon root)
3g, Chen Pi (tangerine peel) 4. 5g, Yu Qian Cha (early spring tea) 3g.
Indications: alternate chill and fever, pain of forehead angles, deafness, verti go, distending pain of chest and
hypochondrium, white and slippery coating, taut and slippery pulse of the right hand and taut, floating and large pulse 、
of the left hand.
NOTES: This formula is composed of  Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) by removing Hong Shen
(ginseng), Gan Cai (licorice) and Da Zao (Chinese date) and adding Zhi Qiao (bitter orange), Jie Geng (platycodon
root),Chen Pi ( tangerine peel) and Yu Qian Cha (tea leaf). The emphasis is laid on regulating the ascending and
descending activities of qi. So it is used to treat the exterior and suitable to the meridian disease of Shaoyang to disperse
the half exterior.(Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution)