Formulas · Regulate Qi 理氣 · Geumgwe Yoryak (金匱要略)

Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction

Banhahubak-tang

한글 반하후박탕 · Pinyin Ban Xia Hou Po Tang

半夏厚朴湯

Composition 構成

Banha Ban Xia
半夏 반하 · Pinellia

8 g
Chief 君
Hubak Hou Po
厚朴 후박 · Magnolia Bark

6 g
Deputy 臣
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

8 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Assistant 佐
Soyeop Zi Su Ye
蘇葉 소엽 · Perilla Leaf

4 g
Assistant 佐

Total 32 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

Moves constrained Qi and disperses binding
Directs rebellion downward and transforms phlegm

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm and Qi binding in the throat — plum-pit sensation
Feeling of an obstruction that cannot be swallowed or spat out
Chest oppression with emotional constraint

Biomedical correlates

Globus sensation
Functional dysphagia and throat clearing
Anxiety-related throat and chest tightness

Clinical commentary 臨床

The plum pit in the throat — emotion condensed into phlegm, described two millennia before psychosomatic medicine had a name for it. One of the most prescribed classical formulas in the world today. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.