Zhi Ban Xia
Pinelliae Rhizoma preparata
acrid, warm, toxic
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Transform Cold Phlegm
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Cough
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Nodules
- Distention
- Chest pressure
- Nodules in the neck
- Focal distention
Zhi Ban Xia is acrid, toxic, and warm. It enters the stomach, spleen, and lung systems to break up phlegm and treat cough, nausea, and vomiting.
Channels: lung, stomach, spleen
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Morning sickness
- Chronic cough
- COPD
- Lung Fibrosis
- Pneumonia
- Nausea
- Dizziness
- Vertigo
- Scrofula
- Ulcers
- Ear infection
Formulas:
- Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
- Ban Xia Hou Po Tang
- Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
- Bao He Wan
- Bu Huan Jin Zheng Qi San
- Cang Fu Dao Tan Tang
- Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang
- Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
- Da Chai Hu Tang
- Dao Tan Tang
- Di Tan Tang
- Ding Chuan Tang
- Er Chen Tang
- Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang
- Ge Gen Jia Ban Xia Tang
- Gua Lou Xie Bai Ban Xia Tang
- Hao Zao Yu Hu Tang
- Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang
- Huang Lian Tang
- Huang Lian Wen Dan Tang
- Huo Po Xia Ling Tang
- Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San
- Lian Po Yin
- Liu Jun Zi Tang
- Mai Men Dong Tang
- Mu Xiang Liu Qi Yin
- Qi Gong Wan
- Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan
- San Ren Tang
- She Gan Ma Huang Tang
- Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Tang
- Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang
- Wen Dan Tang
- Wu Ji San
- Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang
- Xiao Chai Hu Tang
- Xiao Qing Long Tang
- Xiao Xian Xiong Tang
- Xing Su San
- Xuan Fu Dai Zhe Shi Tang
- Zhi Shi Xiao Pi Wan
- Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang
Contraindications: do not prescribe Zhi Ban Xia to patients that present with dry deficiency pattern coughs
Zoo Image: a vomiting Great Dane pushes the qi button in a cold elevator to go down with tennis balls bouncing all over, there is a no damp allowed sign