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Herbal Formula for Regulating Gastrointestinal Tract- Huang Lian Tang
                              
                       
                  

                     ASSOCIATED FORMULAE FOR BAN XIA XIE XIN TANG


                                 Huang Lian Tang (Coptis Decoction ),
SOURCE:  Shng Han Lun (Treatise on Cold-Attack):
Huang Lian (Coptis root) 6 g, Zhi Gan Cao (Roasted licorice root) 6 g, Gan Jiang (dry ginger) 5 g, Gui Zhi (cassia twig)
5 g, Ren Shen (ginseng) 3g, Zhi Ban Xia (pinellia tuber) 9g,Da Zao (Chinese date 4) pcs.
Effects: equally harmonizing cold and heat to regulate stomach qi and lower rebellious qi.
Indications: heat in chest and cold in stomach manifested by irritable distress of chest", tendency of vomiting,
abdominal pain, or bowel sound with diarrhea, white and slippery coating, wiry pulse.

NOTES: All the Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang (Pinellia Heart-Purging Decoction), Gan Jiang Xie Xin Tang (Ginger
Heart-Purging Decoction), Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang (Licorice Heart-Purging Decoction) and Huang Lian Tang (Coptis
Decoction) are formulae to harmonize cold and heat by opening with pungent flavor and lowering with bitter flavor.
Applying herbs of both cold and hot natures, Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang (Pinellia Heart-Purging Decoction) is mainly applied