Banxia Xiexin Decoction

Banxia Xiexin Decoction is an uncommon medicine. It is very helpful in treating vomiting, especially when you have gastrointestinal discomfort. You can choose it in moderation. However, it should be noted that when choosing such medicine, you cannot do it casually, otherwise it will endanger human health. You should choose the best one according to your own disease needs, so that it will help all aspects of your body.

So how does Banxia Xiexin Decoction help in treating diseases? It can improve many diseases and has a very good effect on regulating all aspects of the human body. You can feel confident choosing this medicine.

Banxia Xiexin Decoction:

Functional purpose

Balances cold and heat, eliminates lumps and resolves nodules.

Indications

A mixed syndrome of cold and heat. There is a feeling of fullness under the heart, but no pain, or vomiting, intestinal rumbling and diarrhea, and a greasy and slightly yellow tongue coating. (This prescription is often used for patients with acute and chronic gastroenteritis, chronic colitis, chronic hepatitis, early liver cirrhosis, etc., who suffer from weak middle qi and a combination of cold and heat.)

Memorization Tips

(The grass man went down the river to find Shuanghuang -- roasted herb, ginseng, pinellia, dried ginger, jujube, coptis, and scutellaria

Usage instructions

Take the above seven ingredients, add one dou of water, boil and take out six liters, remove the dregs and boil again, take out three liters, take one liter while warm, three times a day (modern usage: decocted in water).

Solution

This prescription is used for patients with damaged vital energy in the middle of the body, dysfunction of the spleen, stomach, large and small intestines, because of the combination of cold and heat, and abnormal rise and fall of clear and turbid substances. The symptoms include fullness under the heart, dry retching, intestinal rumbling and diarrhea. This prescription is modified from Xiao Chaihu Decoction, by removing Chaihu and ginger and adding Chuanlian and dried ginger. The pungent and warm properties of this prescription dispel cold, harmonize the stomach and stop vomiting; the bitter and cold properties of Coptis chinensis and Scutellaria baicalensis dissipate heat, clear the intestines and dry dampness; the ginseng, jujube and roasted licorice invigorate the middle and replenish qi, and nourish the stomach.

Taboo

This prescription is mainly used to treat symptoms of both deficiency and excess. It should not be used for fullness and distension under the heart caused by qi stagnation or food accumulation.

Principle of formula

1. Pathogenesis: Shaoyang syndrome is caused by mistaken purgation, resulting in deficiency of Qi in the middle burner, cold and heat intertwined in the middle burner, Qi stagnation, and abnormal ascending and descending of the spleen and stomach.

2. Symptom analysis:

(1) Pi - same as "fei" → blocked

(2) Full – swollen

(3) Pain – pain

(4) Fu Gua - Heaven and earth do not communicate; Heavenly stem → stomach does not lower turbidity → vomiting; Earthly Kun → spleen does not raise clearness → diarrhea

(5) Tai Gua - Communication between heaven and earth; Earth Kun → spleen qi is responsible for raising the clear → earth qi rises; Heavenly stem → stomach qi is responsible for lowering the turbid → heaven qi falls

3. Governing Law:

Dispersing knots and removing lumps + pungent to open (restore the spleen's ability to raise clearness) + bitter to descend (restore the stomach's ability to descend turbidity)

Main drug - Pinellia:

Bitter, pungent and dry, it disperses lumps and relieves abdominal distension, calms the stomach and soothes the stomach.

Minister medicine——

(1) Dried ginger: pungent and hot, warms the middle and dispels cold and relieves abdominal distension.

(2) Coptis chinensis and Scutellaria baicalensis: bitter and cold, clearing heat and relieving abdominal distension?

Balances cold and heat, pungent in nature opens up, and bitter in nature descends.

Auxiliary drugs: ginseng, jujube:

Sweet and warm, it nourishes the spleen and harmonizes the middle, produces body fluids,[1] and can prevent the bitter and cold nature of Scutellaria baicalensis and Coptis chinensis from damaging the yang, while also restraining the pungent and hot nature of Pinellia ternata and dried ginger from damaging the yin.

The drug: roasted licorice root:

Nourish the spleen and harmonize the stomach, and coordinate all medicines.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of Banxia Xiexin Decoction. Its use and treatment of diseases have been introduced one by one. At the same time, its contraindications are also explained in detail above. Therefore, when using it, you should also understand the above precautions, otherwise it will cause great harm to your own health.