Modification to bàn xìa hòu pò tāng

Ban Xia Hou Po Tang
(Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction)

''Modification:'' Severe cases of stagnant Qi with the base formula's presentations - refer to:
Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet
, p292

    Herb Common Name   Qty.  
紫蘇葉(紫苏叶) Zi Su Ye perilla leaf 6 grams
生薑 Sheng Jiang fresh ginger rhizome 15 grams
茯苓 Fu Ling poria, sclerotium of tuckahoe, China root, hoelen, Indian bread 12 grams
半夏 Ban Xia pinellia rhizome, pinellia tuber 9 - 12 grams
厚朴 Hou Po magnolia bark 9 grams
added 柴胡 Chai Hu hare's ear root, thorowax root, bupleurum
added 香附 Xiang Fu cyperus, nut-grass rhizome
added 鬱金(郁金) Yu Jin turmeric tuber, curcuma tuber