Names Of Chai Hu Shu Gan Wan

Chai Hu Shu Gan Wan TCM Herbal Formula
- English Name: Bupleurum Powder to Spread the Liver
- Pinyin Name: Chai Hu Shu Gan Wan
- Alternate Names: Chai Hu Shu Gan Tang, Bupleurum and Cyperus Combination, Powder to Disperse Vital Energy in the Liver
- Chinese Character: 柴胡疏肝汤
How Is Chai Hu Shu Gan Wan Categorized?
Chai Hu Shu Gan Wan Functional Groupings
- Primary Category: Harmonize
- Subcategory: Regulate and Harmonize the Liver and Spleen
Sub Categories Within The Harmonize Category
Harmonize Lesser Yang Stage DisordersHarmonize the Stomach and IntestinesRegulate and Harmonize the Liver and Spleen
There Are 14 Formulas In Our Harmonize Category
How Is Chai Hu Shu Gan Wan Used Clinically?
Chai Hu Shu Gan Wan Usages and Indications
- Liver qi stagnation signs - hypochondriac tension, abdominal pain, IBS symptoms
- Alternating chills and fever.
Cautions and Contraindications
- Use with caution with pregnancy.
- Avoid or use with caution with kidney yin deficiency signs are present.
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Thorowax Root, Bupleurum
Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Heat category
Usages
- Clears shao yang disorders and reduces fever - alternating chills and fever, bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, vomiting, stifling sensation in the chest.
- Relieves liver qi stagnation (often used with Bai Shao) - vertigo, menstrual disorders, chest and flank pain, the most common herb to treat stress, irritability, depression, etc.; also for liver and spleen disharmony - bloating, nausea, indigestion, flank pain.
- Raises yang qi in spleen and stomach deficiency patterns (often used with Sheng Ma) - prolapsed organ, diarrhea, hemorrhoids.
This formula has cautions, see details
Xiang Fu
Nut Grass Rhizome
Appears in the Herbs That Regulate The Qi category
Usages
- Spreads and regulates the Qi, soothes the liver - hypochondriac pain, epigastric distention, disharmony between the liver and the spleen.
- Regulates menses, alleviates pain (by resolving liver qi stagnation) - dysmenorrhea, irregular menses.
Chen Pi
Tangerine Peel
Appears in the Herbs That Regulate The Qi category
Usages
- Regulates Qi, improves transportive function of the spleen, relieves diaphragm - epigastric/abdominal distention, fullness, bloating, belching, nausea, vomiting (promotes movement of qi in general; specifically directing it downward - good for different types of nausea/vomiting).
- Important herb for drying dampness and the transformation of phlegm - coughs with stifling sensation in the chest/diaphragm, and copious viscous sputum (qi-level herb).
- Prevents stagnation - prevents cloying of tonifying herbs.
- Ju Hong is the red part of the tangerine peel - it is more drying and aromatic.
Chuan Xiong
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Szechuan Lovage Root
Appears in the Herbs That Invigorate Blood category
Usages
- Invigorate blood, promote movement of Qi - any blood stasis pattern, important for gynecological issues (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, difficult labor, lochioschesis).
- Expels wind and alleviates pain - headache (temporal, vertex), dizziness, painful obstructions, skin issues.
- Headache - moves qi upward and alleviates pain; headaches due to wind, heat, cold, blood deficiency.
Zhi Ke
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Ripe Fruit of Zhi Shi
Appears in the Herbs That Regulate The Qi category
Usages
- Milder actions - move qi and reduce distention (good for weak patients).
Bai Shao
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White Peony Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category
Usages
- Nourishes the blood and regulates menstrual problems due to blood deficiency (pale, lusterless complexion and nails) - menstrual dysfunction, vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding - very common herb for gynecological disorders (Si Wu Tang).
- Calms liver yang, alleviates pain from constrained liver qi or disharmony between the liver and the spleen due to liver yang rising - cramping and spasms (limbs and abdomen), abdominal pain from dysentery, headache and dizziness.
- Preserves yin, adjusts ying and wei levels - vaginal discharge and spermatorrhea, exterior wind-cold from deficiency with continuous sweating, spontaneous sweating, night sweats.
This formula has cautions, see details
Zhi Gan Cao
Honey Fried Licorice Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category
Usages
- This preparation increases the qi tonifying aspects of the heart and spleen along with its general harmonizing function within formulas. See Gan Cao for complete information.
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