Banha
Pinellia · Pinelliae Tuber
한글 반하 · Pinyin Ban Xia
半夏
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Acrid · warm (processed)
- Channels entered
- Spleen, Stomach, Lung
- Actions
- Dries dampness and transforms phlegm, directs rebellious Qi downward, dissipates nodules
- Typical dose
- 3–9 g
- Caution
- Use processed (Je-banha); raw form is toxic. Classically counteracts aconite in the eighteen incompatibilities
Appears in 104 formulas 處方
- Minor Bupleurum Decoction小柴胡湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Pinellia Heart-Draining Decoction半夏瀉心湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Two Aged Herbs Decoction二陳湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Six Gentlemen Decoction六君子湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Warm the Gallbladder Decoction溫膽湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Agastache Qi-Rectifying Powder藿香正氣散 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction小靑龍湯 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Cyperus and Amomum Six Gentlemen Decoction香砂六君子湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Ginseng and Perilla Drink蔘蘇飮 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Five Accumulations Powder五積散 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Major Bupleurum Decoction大柴胡湯 6 g · Assistant 佐
- Liriope Decoction麥門冬湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Warm the Menses Decoction溫經湯 6 g · Assistant 佐
- Internal Dispersing Powder內消散 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Augmented Two Aged Herbs Decoction from the Orthodox Tradition正傳加味二陳湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Separate the Heart Qi Drink分心氣飮 2.4 g · Deputy 臣
- Apricot Kernel and Perilla Decoction杏蘇湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Priceless Rectify the Qi Powder不換金正氣散 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Pinellia, Atractylodes, and Gastrodia Decoction半夏白朮天麻湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Perilla Seed Direct the Qi Downward Decoction蘇子降氣湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction柴胡加龍骨牡蠣湯 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Bupleurum and Cinnamon Twig Decoction柴胡桂枝湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction半夏厚朴湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Minor Sinking into the Chest Decoction小陷胸湯 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction竹葉石膏湯 6 g · Assistant 佐
- Magnolia Bark, Ginger, Pinellia, Licorice, and Ginseng Decoction厚朴生薑半夏甘草人參湯 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Inula and Hematite Decoction旋覆花代赭石湯 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Licorice Heart-Draining Decoction甘草瀉心湯 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Three Seeds Decoction三仁湯 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Preserve Harmony Pill保和丸 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Apricot Kernel and Perilla Powder杏蘇散 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Bupleurum and Poria Decoction柴苓湯 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Coptis Decoction黃連湯 6 g · Assistant 佐
- Poria, Licorice, Ginger, Schisandra, Asarum, Pinellia, and Apricot Decoction苓甘薑味辛夏仁湯 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction淸濕化痰湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Clear the Qi and Transform Phlegm Pill淸氣化痰丸 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Arrest Wheezing Decoction定喘湯 6 g · Assistant 佐
- Basil Drink蘭香飮子 0.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Deer Antler Great Tonifying Decoction鹿茸大補湯 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Astragalus Ten-Supplement Decoction黃芪十補湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Right the Qi and Supplement Vacuity Decoction正氣補虛湯 1.6 g · Assistant 佐
- Adjusted Joy-Bringing Decoction增損樂令湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Ginseng and Astragalus Powder人參黃芪散 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Fourteen-Ingredient Fortify the Center Decoction十四味建中湯 3 g · Assistant 佐
- Astragalus Boost the Detrimented Decoction黃芪益損湯 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Aquilaria and Turtle Shell Powder沈香鱉甲散 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Astragalus and Turtle Shell Powder黃芪鱉甲散 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Dispersing Transformation Pill消化丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Pinellia Unripe Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Pill半夏枳朮丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Tangerine and Pinellia Unripe Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Pill橘半枳朮丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Modified Preserve Harmony Pill加減保和丸 60 g · Deputy 臣
- Aucklandia Transform Stagnation Decoction木香化滯湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Cardamom and Red Tangerine Peel Powder豆蔲橘紅散 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Fragrance and Bitter Orange Husk Pill香殼丸 50 g · Deputy 臣
- Wake the Spleen and Rear the Stomach Decoction醒脾育胃湯 3.2 g · Assistant 佐
- Enrich the Spleen Pill滋脾丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Fortify the Spleen Pill健脾丸 120 g · Deputy 臣
- Three Beans Sober-Up Decoction三豆解酲湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Raise the Yang and Normalize the Qi Decoction升陽順氣湯 4.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Raise the Yang and Boost the Stomach Decoction升陽益胃湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Four-Ingredient Evodia and Coptis Pill四味茱連丸 60 g · Deputy 臣
- Nine-Ingredient Evodia and Coptis Pill九味茱連丸 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Clear Phlegm Pill淸痰丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Transform Phlegm and Clear Fire Decoction化痰淸火湯 2.8 g · Chief 君
- Disperse Food and Clear Constraint Decoction消食淸鬱湯 2.8 g · Chief 君
- Clear Constraint Two Matured Ingredients Decoction淸鬱二陳湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Expel Phlegm-Fire Pill祛痰火丸 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Arisaema and Pinellia Decoction星半湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Ginseng Poria and White Atractylodes Pill參苓白朮丸 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Augmented Golden Flower Pill加味金花丸 20 g · Assistant 佐
- Ginseng and Bamboo Leaf Decoction人參竹葉湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Bland Bamboo Shavings Decoction淡竹茹湯 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Adjusted Minor Bupleurum Decoction加減小柴胡湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Locust Swarm Pill螽斯丸 80 g · Deputy 臣
- Bupleurum Four Substances Decoction柴胡四物湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Regulate the Cycle Powder調經散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Augmented Warm the Gallbladder Decoction加味溫膽湯 3.2 g · Deputy 臣
- Nourish the Heart Decoction養心湯 2.4 g · Assistant 佐
- Modified Warm the Gallbladder Decoction加減溫膽湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Clear the Heart and Warm the Gallbladder Decoction淸心溫膽湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Supplement the Heart Pill補心丸 20 g · Assistant 佐
- Augmented Longevity Star Pill加味壽星元 240 g · Chief 君
- Thousand Gold Regulate the Cycle Decoction千金調經湯 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Bupleurum Break the Stasis Decoction柴胡破瘀湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Pinellia and Poria Decoction半夏茯苓湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Scutellaria, Coptis and Pinellia Decoction芩連半夏湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Bupleurum and Rehmannia Decoction柴胡地黃湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Regulate the Cycle and Nourish the Blood Pill調經養血元 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Reach the Sage Decoction抵聖湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Ginseng Clear the Flesh Powder人參淸肌散 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Augmented Two Aged Decoction增味二陳湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Level the Stomach and Disperse Drink平胃分消飮 4 g · Chief 君
- White Atractylodes Harmonize the Stomach Pill白朮和胃丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- White Atractylodes and Aconite Decoction白朮附子湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Great Harmony Pill太和丸 48 g · Assistant 佐
- Level the Liver, Order the Qi and Protect the Center Pill平肝順氣保中丸 60 g · Assistant 佐
- Evodia and Coptis Pill茱連丸 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Atractylodes and Coptis Pill蒼連丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Atractylodes and Coptis Decoction蒼連湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- High Pillow Without Care Powder高枕無憂散 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Pubescent Angelica Decoction (Dreams chapter)獨活湯 2.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Loosen the Center and Advance Food Pill寬中進食丸 28 g · Deputy 臣
- Augmented Poria Decoction加味茯苓湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Regulate the Cycle Decoction (heat in the Blood chamber)調經湯 2 g · Assistant 佐