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0506 四逆散 (Si Ni San)

 

Bupleurum and Chih-shih Formula

 

Frigid Extremities Powder

 

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【Formulation】

Chinese Name	Pharmaceutical Name	Pin Yin Name	English Name
甘草	Radix Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	Licorice
枳實	Fructus Aurantii immaturus	Zhi Shi	Zhi Shih
柴胡	Radix Bupleuri	Chai Hu	Bupleurum
白芍	Radix Paeoniae alba	Bai Shao	White Peony

 

【Classic Literature Reference】

Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Febrile Diseases, 206).

Compiler: Zhang, Zhong-jingo

 

【Indications】

Traditional:

1. Yang qi suppressed by pathogenic factors characterized by cold hands and feet, chest and abdominal distention and fullness.

2. Disharmony between the Liver and Stomach marked by chest and hypochondriac pain and epigastric and abdominal distending pain, diarrhea, and a wiry pulse.

3. Disharmony between the Liver and Spleen marked by depression, poor appetite, irritability, anxiety, epigastric and abdominal aches, distension and pain in the breasts, irregular menstruation, a red tongue, and a wiry pulse.

Modern: Gastritis, neurosis, hysteria, peptic ulcer, hepatitis, intercostal neuralgia, cholecystitis, mastadenitis, dysmenorrhea, epilepsy, uretheral obstruction, and peritonitis.

Pattern of Disharmony between the Liver and Spleen

 

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