Introduction
Ligusticum Sinense (Ligusticum Sinense
Oliv.) GaoBen
Chuanxiong Rhizome (Rhizoma Ligustici
Chuanxiong) ChuanXiong
Dahurian Angelica Root (Radix Angelicae
Dahuricae) BaiZhi
Evodia Fruit (Fructus Evodiae) WuZhuYu
Bupleurum Root (Radix Bupleuri) ChaiHu
Wild Genger (Herba Asari) Xixin
Atractylodes Rhizome (Rhizoma
Atractylodis) CangZhu
Notopterygium Root (Rhizoma seu Radix
Notopterygii) JiangHuo
Ledebouriella Root (Radix Ledebouriellae) FangFeng
- Fever of common cold and alternative chills and fever:
- Fever of common cold: with liquorice as in Bupleurum Powder.
- Alternate chills and fever, fullness in chest and hypochondrium, bitter in taste and dryness in throat due to pathogenic changes in the Shaoyang channel: as in Minor Decoction of Bupleurum.
- Stagnation of the liver-qi:
- Fullness and oppression in the chest, distending pain in the hypochondrium area: as in Bupleurum Powder for Dispersing Depressed Liver-qi.
- Stagnation of qi and deficiency of blood that cause irregular menstruation: as in Easy Powder.
- Deficiency and sinking of qi manifested as hysteroptosis, gastroptosis, and shortness of breath, fatigue: as in Decoction for Reinforcing Middle-Jiao and Replenishing Qi.
Bupleurum Root (Radix
Bupleuri)
Property, Flavour: Slightly cold, bitter
and pungent.
Channel Tropism: Acting on the liver and
gallbladder channels.
Effects: expelling exterior pathogenic factors
to reduce fever, soothing the depressed liver and invigorating the spleen-yang.
Indications:
Dosage: 3-10g, decocted in water for oral doses.
Precautions: Bupleurum has lifting and floating
effect; it is therefore contraindicated for tinnitus, deafness, dizziness
and headache that caused by exuberance of fire due to yin deficiency and
hyperactivity of the liver-yang.