A celebrated formula for chest, hypochondrial, and abdominal pain caused by Liver constraint transforming into heat with qi stagnation and Blood stasis. Only two herbs — one moves qi and drains heat, the other invigorates Blood and stops pain — minimal yet potent, a classic analgesic pairing for qi rectification.
Treatment Principle
疏肝泄热，活血止痛
Course the Liver and drain heat, invigorate Blood and stop pain
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@misc{bencaodian-jin-ling-zi-san,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Jīn Líng Zǐ Sǎn 金铃子散 (Melia Powder)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/formulas/jin-ling-zi-san},
urldate = {2026-04-16},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}