Formula
Fresh Ginger Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium
生薑瀉心湯sheng jiang xie xin tang
1 source
8 herbs·from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)
In the Shanghan Lun (《傷寒論》) tradition, this formula is described for a glomus pattern after a cold-damage illness has resolved with sweating: stomach disharmony, a hard glomus below the heart, belching with a rank food smell, water-qi (fluid) below the rib-sides, rumbling in the abdomen, and diarrhea. A historical indication, not a modern diagnostic or treatment recommendation.
Source
传统主治（traditional context, not a modern clinical claim）：傷寒汗出解之後，胃中不和，心下痞鞕，乾噫食臭，脇下有水氣，腹中雷鳴，下利者，生薑瀉心湯主之…
Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·生薑瀉心湯（证治条文·宋本157）
References
- Self-authored English rendering of the classical formula name (pinyin + sense translation); not a verbatim excerpt, no modern proprietary source.
Composition
- Fresh Ginger (Sheng jiang)四兩
- Licorice三兩
- Ginseng三兩
- Dried Ginger (Gan jiang)一兩
- Scutellaria (Huang qin)三兩
- Pinellia (Ban xia)半升
- Coptis一兩
- Jujube (Da zao)十二枚
Citations
- Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·生薑瀉心湯（组成·宋本157）Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its composition.
- Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·生薑瀉心湯（证治条文·宋本157）；hash 锚含方名/组成唯一上下文片段Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its traditional indications.
- Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·生薑瀉心湯（煎服法·宋本157）Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its preparation & usage.