Ban Xia Pinellia Rhizome - Chinese Herbal Medicine

• Nausea with possible vomitting from combination of damp with liver qi stagnation causing rebellious qi.
• Dizziness, migraines, and vertigo from damp and liver wind rising.
• Heavy or oppressed sensation of the chest.

This formula should not be used to treat dizziness or vertigo due to liver yang rising patterns.

• Plum pit qi (globus hystericus) and/or difficulty with swallowing from liver qi stagnation.
• Coughing, hiccups, nausea and possible vomitting from rebellious qi and phlegm.

Use with caution in yin deficiency or with patients with signs of liver yang rising

• Distension and fullness of the epigastrium usually without pain.
• Borborygmus (gurgling sounds), and diarrhea if spleen qi is affected.
• Vomiting with possible dry heaves due to rebellious stomach qi.

Do not use for epigastric distention due to food stagnation.  Use with caution if patient has yin deficiency.

• Epigastric and or abdominal fullness or painful distention after meals.
• Acid reflux, belching, vomiting with possible aversion to food due to food stagnation.
• This formula can also be used for acute food poisoning.

Use with caution with weak or qi deficient patients.

• Palpitations, anxiety, restlessness, agitation/irritibility, and insomnia from heat due to liver yang or fire.
• Mental disorders such as including biopolar and schizophrenia resulting from distrubed shen.
• Symptoms of addiction recovery: cravings, anxiety, mood swings etc.

• The primary base formula to resolve phlegm damp, particularly in the lungs and GI system - cough (with white mucus), plugged ears, sinus blockage - along with GI symptoms of nausea, vomiting.
• Upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, emphysema, COPD - when arising from phlegm damp.
• Phlegm accumulation in the head symptoms such as dizziness, insomnia, meniere's disease, alcohol hangover.
• Cysts from phlegm accumulation - fibroids, breast cyst, ovarian cyst, thryoid cysts, goiter. 

• Avoid in patients with yin deficiency - i.e. cough from dryness.

Most often used for childhood convulsions (possibly with wheezing, nausea, nighttime crying, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive mucus/saliva) or other conditions that involve fever, impaired or loss of consciousness, irritability, restlessness such as seizure disorders, meningitis, measles, and gastroenteritis among others.

• Acute flu or cold symptoms including fever, aversion to cold, headaches, sinus pressure, runny nose.
• Vomitting and diarrhea from interior damp with possible abdominal cramps or pains.

• Not suitable for patients that present with yin and/or blood deficiency. 

• Cough with thick yellow or green phlegm, difficulty breathing, wheezing, and possible fullness of the chest due to damp heat accumulation in the lungs.

Cough with watery, copious sputum, breathing issues such as wheezing, asthma, shortness of breath (particularly difficulty inhaling), chest oppression.  Possibly signs of kidney qi/yang deficiency such as edema, weak low back and/or legs, fatigue.

The Tongue will have a white coating that can be either greasy or slippery.

• Anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other shen disturbances caused by phlegm misting the mind.
• Seizures, convulsions or other types of involuntary muscle contractions that are caused by phlegm and heat.
• Nausea, vomitting, abdominal discomfort resulting from disharmony of the stomach and gallbladder/liver.
• Vertigo, dizziness or light-headedness.

• Use with caution with patients that present with yin or blood deficiency.

• Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, excessive uterine bleeding or spotting between cycles. 
• Infertility, history of miscarriage. 

• Use with caution with patients that present with heat signs.

• A modified version of the base, zhi zhu wan, which is used to treat qi stagnation and food retention from qi deficiency.  This modification includes herbs which add more movement and damp drying.
• Distention and fullness in the epigastric area - bloating, indigestion, gastritis, gastric prolapse.
• Poor appetite (from Spleen Qi Deficiency), anorexia.

• Avoid raw and cold food when taking this formula (and generally for Spleen Qi Deficiency).

• Shao Yang Syndrome (or "lesser yang stage") - alternating fever and chills, hypochondriac pain, irritability, bitter taste in mouth, poor appetite, nausea.  Often used for illnesses (chronic or short-term) such as the flu, etc. that have "cleared" but not completely.  People will describe not feeling quite right or having a range of low level symptoms for months or longer after a particular illness.  Instead of fever and chills alternating they may manifest with cold extremities and warm interior or other variations.
• A range of liver related conditions including malaria, jaundice, hepatitis, liver cancer, meniere's disease, general protection from medicines that may harm the liver, etc. among issues with other digestive organs - pancreatitis, stomatitis, gastritis.
• Liver/speen disharmonies resulting in broader issues such as depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, menstrual irregularities (PMS, cramping, etc.).
• Other general immune issues such as the common cold, flu, tonsillitis, general seasonal allergies with the right underlying factors.

• Use with caution with yin and/or blood deficiencies.
• Avoid cold, raw, and spicy foods while taking xiao chai hu tang.