Chaihu Shugan Wan () 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".State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. . 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 NameChinese (S)GramsPoria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 Chinese classic herbal formula Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan
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