Chaihu Shugan Wan

Chaihu Shugan Wan (Chinese: 柴胡舒肝丸) is a blackish-brown honeyed pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "disperse stagnated liver-qi, to activate the flow of qi, to relieve distension and pain." [1] It is used in cases where there is "stagnation of liver qi, distension of chest and hypochondria, indigestion, and acid eructation."

Chinese classic herbal formula

Name Chinese (S) Grams
Poria 茯苓 100
Fructus Aurantii (stir-baked) 枳壳 (炒) 50
Fructus-Amomi Rotundus 白豆蔻 40
Radix Paeoniae Alba (stir-baked with wine) 白芍 (酒炒) 50
Radix Glycyrrhizae 甘草 50
Rhizoma Cyperi (processed with vinegar) 香附 (醋制) 75
Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 陈皮 50
Radix Platycodi 桔梗 50
Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (processed with ginger) 厚朴 (姜制) 50
Fructus Crataegi (stir-baked) 山楂 (炒) 50
Radix Saposhnikoviae 防风 50
Massa Medicata Fermentata (stir-baked) 神曲 (炒) 50
Radix Bupleuri 柴胡 75
Radix Scutellariae 黄芩 50
Herba Menthae 薄荷 50
Caulis Perillae 白苏梗 75
Radix Aucklandiae 木香 25
Semen Arecae (stir-baked) 槟榔 (炒) 75
Rhizoma Sparganii (processed with vinegar) 三棱 (醋制) 50
Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (stir-baked with wine) 大黄 (酒炒) 50
Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride (stir-baked) 青皮 (炒) 50
Radix Angelicae Sinensis 当归 50
Rhizoma Pinelliae (processed with ginger) 半夏 (姜制) 75
Radix Linderae 乌药 50
Rhizoma Curcumae (processed) 莪术 (制) 50

See also

References

  1. ↑ State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.