The Shang Han Lun formula for cold-heat complex glomus (pi) of the middle burner with impaired Spleen-Stomach ascending and descending. Composed of ban xia, huang qin, huang lian, gan jiang, ren shen, da zao, and zhi gan cao, it employs acrid-opening and bitter-descending with concurrent cold and warm, supplementing and draining simultaneously. The archetype of the harmonizing method for regulating the gastrointestinal tract.
Harmonize cold and heat; dissipate focal distention and resolve clumping
Formula Rhyme
半夏泻心黄连芩，干姜甘草与人参。大枣和之治虚痞，法在降阳而和阴。
—— 方剂学教材 (traditional mnemonic)
Ban Xia Xie Xin has Huang Lian and Huang Qin, plus Gan Jiang, Gan Cao and Ren Shen; Da Zao harmonizes it — it treats vacuity focal distention by descending yang and harmonizing yin.
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@misc{bencaodian-ban-xia-xie-xin-tang,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Bàn Xià Xiè Xīn Tāng 半夏泻心汤 (Pinellia Drain the Epigastrium Decoction)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/formulas/ban-xia-xie-xin-tang},
urldate = {2026-04-17},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}