Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Formula for Mediating Shaoyang- Xiao Chai Hu Tang
                      
                
                            Xiao Chai Hu Tang
                         Minor Bupleurum Decoction


SOURCE: Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Attack)
INGREDIENTS:
Chai Hu (Bupleurum root) 12g
Huang Qin (Scutellaria root) 9g
Ren (Hong) Shen (Ginseng) 6g
Zhi Ban Xia (Pinellia tuber) 9g
Zhi Gan Cao (Roasted licorice) 9g
Sheng Jiang (Fresh ginger) 9g
Da Zao (Chinese date) 4 pcs.
DIRECTIONS: Decoct the above herbs in water for oral administration.
EFFECT: Harmonizing Shaoyang.
INDICATIONS:
(1) Shaoyangsyndrome of cold attack manifested by alternate chill and fever, chest distress and hypochondriac fullness,
depression with poor appetite, vexation with liability of vomiting, oral bitter taste, dryness of throat, vertigo, thin and
white coating, and taut pulse.
(2) Heat invading the blood compartment of female due to cold attack, and miscellaneous diseases as malaria, jaundice
and internal injury with symptoms of Shaoyang diseases.
ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: This is a representative formula for harmonizing Shaoyang. As the main herb, Chai Hu
(bupleurum root) clears heat from Shaoyang and soothes the liver for relieving depression, so as to disperse the evil out
from the half exterior. Huang Qin (Scutellaria root acts as the assistant herb to clear away heat from the half interior of
Shaoyang. The cooperation of these two herbs plays role of exterior expelling and clearing interior so as to mediate
Shaoyang. Hong Shen (Ginseng), Da Zao (Chinese date) and Gan Cao (licorice root) can invigorate qi and regulate the
middle to expel evil and prevent its invasion by means of supporting the genuine qi. Zhi Ban Xia (Pinellia tuber) and
Sheng Jiang (fresh ginger) can harmonize stomach to lower the rebellious qi; Sheng Jiang (fresh ginger) and Da Zao
(Chinese date) can harmonize the nutrient and defensive qi as well as mediate cold and heat. They all act as the adjuvant
herbs. Gan Cao (Licorice root) as the dispatcher herb harmonizes all components of the formula.
Clinically, this formula has very extensive application. In addition to Shaoyang syndromes, it can be applied by proper
modifications to malaria, jaundice, wind attacking on woman after delivery or during menstruation or heat invading the
blood-compartment due to cold-attack. Because Chai Hu (bupleurum root) has the properties of ascending and
dispersing, this formula is not suitable to cases of hyperactivity of yang due to yin deficiency.

                         ASSOCIATED FORMULA:
                                 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)