Minor Xianxiong Decoction

傷寒論

Minor chest bind: located right below the heart, painful on pressure, pulse floating and slippery: Xiao Xianxiong Tang governs. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage))

Coptis (Huanglian) one liang, Pinellia (Banxia) half sheng, Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou shi) one large piece. For the three ingredients above, use six sheng of water, first boil the trichosanthes, take three sheng, remove dregs, add the other medicines, boil and take two sheng, remove dregs, divide into three warm doses. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun)

For the three ingredients above, use six sheng of water, first boil trichosanthes, take three sheng, remove dregs, add the other medicines, boil and take two sheng, remove dregs, divide into three warm doses (modern usage: first boil trichosanthes, then add the other medicines, decoct in water and take warm).

湯劑

Clear heat and Resolve Phlegm, relax the chest and dissipate binding.

Minor chest bind disease. Phlegm and heat mutually bound, stuffiness and oppression in the chest and epigastrium, painful on pressure, or cough with yellow, thick phlegm, yellow greasy tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse.

Use cautiously in cases of loose stools and pale tongue.