Description
This formula is a modification of Zhang Zhong-jing's Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) with additional ingredients based on Bob Flaws's research and clinical experience. Formulated as a 12:1 extract, it harmonizes the middle jiao while addressing patterns of food stagnation transforming into heat that ascends through internal branches of the large intestine channel.
TCM Actions
- Transforms food stagnation and disperses accumulation
- Clears heat and resolves toxins
- Fortifies the spleen and supplements qi
- Harmonizes the stomach and transforms phlegm
- Opens the orifices and stops pain
Clinical Applications
- Supports healthy ear function in children with food stagnation patterns
- Traditionally used to address patterns associated with pediatric digestive disturbances transforming into heat
- Supports healthy spleen and stomach function in children with inherent digestive immaturity
- May be used for patterns with fever, restlessness, and ear discomfort without purulent discharge
Ingredients
- Bai Zhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae)
- Chuan Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong)
- Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae)
- Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae)
- Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae)
- Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri)
- Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae)
- Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsitis)
- Shan Zha (Fructus Crataegi)
- Ji Nei Jin (Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli)
- Shi Chang Pu (Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii)
- Chen Pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae)
- Da Zao (Fructus Jujubae)
- Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)
Recommended Dosage
2 droppers full
Cautions
Over-feeding, as in feeding on demand, may cause food stagnation as may feeding hard-to-digest substances and substances which damage the spleen. This includes sugars and sweets, chilled, frozen foods and drinks, and raw, uncooked foods. Therefore, proper diet is crucially important in the overall treatment of children with either acute or chronic otitis media. In general, Chinese medicine recommends a clear, bland, hypoallergenic, yeast-free anti-candidal diet. Chinese doctors in China and the West have confirmed that antibiotics may also damage the spleen. Post-antibiotic spleen vacuity syndrome has now become a recognized syndrome in the Chinese medical literature.
Clinical Classification
Clinical Classification
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