Formulas · Warm the Interior 溫裏 · Junggyeong (仲景)

Pinellia Powder

Banha-san

한글 반하산 · Pinyin Ban Xia San

半夏散

The Shanghanlun's 半夏散及湯; the Bogam gives only the decoction method. 小小嚥服 — swallowed in small sips — is specified.

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

8 g
Chief 君

processed
Gyeji Gui Zhi
桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig

8 g
Chief 君
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

8 g
Envoy 使

honey-roasted

Total 24 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Treats shaoyin guest cold with a sore throat
Swallowed in small sips

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Shaoyin guest cold with a sore throat
Cold obstructing the throat

Biomedical correlates

Pharyngitis with cold intolerance
Globus with cold

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治少陰客寒咽痛. 半夏(製)ㆍ桂枝ㆍ甘草(灸) 各二錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 水煎, 小小嚥服. 《仲景》

Translation

Treats shaoyin guest cold with a sore throat. Processed pinellia, cinnamon twig and honey-roasted licorice, 2 don each. Cut up, make one packet, decoct in water and swallow it in small sips. — Junggyeong 仲景 (Donguibogam · Han)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The cold-throat counterpart to Gamcho-tang, and the pairing is the section's best piece of discrimination: a sore throat may come from heat or from cold, and the same patient in the same shaoyin pattern needs opposite treatment depending on which. Pinellia and cinnamon twig are warm and acrid, licorice moderates them, and the instruction to swallow in small sips keeps the medicine in contact with the throat rather than sending it straight to the stomach. A throat that is sore but pale and worse for cold drinks is the case, and recognizing it as distinct from an inflamed red throat is worth the entry. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.