Commonly Used Chinese Herb Formulas with Illustrations - Dang Gui and Bupleurum Formula (Xiao Yao San)


 1120 逍遙散 (Xiao Yao San)

 

Dang Gui and Bupleurum Formula

 

Rambling Powder


Formulation

Chinese Name

Pharmaceutical Name

Pin Yin Name

English Name

白芍

Radix Paeoniae alba

Bai Shao

White Peony

當歸

Radix Angelicae sinensis

Dang Gui

Angelica

茯苓

Poria

Fu Ling

Hoelen

白朮

Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae

Bai Zhu

White Atractylodes

柴胡

Radix Bupleuri

Chai Hu

Bupleurum

煨薑

Rhizoma Zingiberis preparata

Wei Jiang

Processed Ginger

炙甘草

Radix Glycyrrhizae praeparata cum melle

Zhi Gan Cao

Baked Licorice

薄菏

Herba Menthae

Bo He

Mentha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classic Literature Reference

Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang (Formulas of the Bureau of the People's Welfare Pharmacy, 1078).

Compiler: Chen, Shi-wen et al.

  

Indications

Traditional: Liver qi stagnation with blood deficiency marked by hypochondriac pain, alternating chills and fever, headache, blurred vision, dry mouth and throat, lassitude, reduced appetite, irregular menstruation, breast distention, a thin, white tongue coating, and a wiry and deficient pulse.

Modern: PMS, menopausal syndrome, leukorrhea, hyperplasia of mammary glands, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, ovarian cyst, functional uterine bleeding, fibrocystic breasts, hyperplasia of mammary glands, pelvic inflammatory disease, depression, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, cholecystitis, pleurisy, chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, anemia, senile paralysis agitans, central retinitis, hyperlipidemia, and affective psychosis.1-3

 

Pattern of Liver Qi Stagnation with Blood Deficiency

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