Ban Xia Fu Ling Wan
StarSource: Qian Jin Yao Fang — Sun Si-Miao
Last updated October 23, 2026
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Description
Ban Xia Fu Ling Wan (Pinellia and Poria Pill), from Qian Jin Yao Fang.
Actions: Nourish blood, soften the Liver, expel phlegm, and descend rebellious Qi.
Indications: Spleen deficiency with excess damp accumulation, and disharmony of Liver and Stomach. Symptoms include morning sickness, restlessness, stifling sensation, nausea, vomiting, aversion to smell of food, dizziness, heaviness of the body, heavy and painful limbs and joints, preference for sleeping rather than getting up, yellow, thin or greasy tongue coating, and wiry slippery pulse.
Source: Liu C, Tseng A, with Yang S. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005, p. 88.
Composition
Botanical-genus cautions
These come from the ingredient's botanical genus, not its name. Advisory notes are not part of the safety screen; the Aristolochia genus check is.
Xi Xin — Asarum belongs to the aristolochic-acid family (Aristolochiaceae). The Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2020 admits only the root and rhizome; use pharmacopoeial root and rhizome only.
Asarum (aristolochic-acid family) — advisory note — recorded as Asarum heterotropoides var. mandshuricum. Botanical names: WCVP
- ShennongAlpha NMM-01CA 细辛, quoting the Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2020, Vol. I (secondary source; the ChP text itself not read first-hand) — “本品为马兜铃科植物北细辛Asarum heterotropoides Fr. Schmidt var. mandshuricum (Maxim.)Kitag.……的干燥根和根茎。”
Liquorice: this formula's amounts are batch totals for a powder, pill or paste, not a daily dose — glycyrrhizic acid not estimated.
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ban Xia
as printed: Ban Xia 12 g
|
12g | 11.65% | — | |
|
Fu Ling
as printed: Fu Ling 12 g
|
12g | 11.65% | — | |
|
Chen Pi
as printed: Chen Pi 9 g
|
9g | 8.74% | — | |
|
Gan Cao
as printed: Gan Cao 3 g
|
3g | 2.91% | — | |
|
Sheng Jiang
as printed: Sheng Jiang 6 g
|
6g | 5.83% | — | |
|
Xuan Fu Hua
as printed: Xuan Fu Hua (wrapped) 10 g
|
10g | 9.71% | — | |
|
Xi Xin
as printed: Zhi Xi Xin 3 g
|
3g | 2.91% | — | |
|
Jie Geng
as printed: Jie Geng 6 g
|
6g | 5.83% | — | |
|
Ren Shen
as printed: Ren Shen 6 g
|
6g | 5.83% | — | |
|
Sheng Di Huang
as printed: Sheng Di Huang 12 g
|
12g | 11.65% | — | |
|
Bai Shao
as printed: Bai Shao Yao 18 g
|
18g | 17.48% | — | |
|
Chuan Xiong
as printed: Chuan Xiong 6 g
|
6g | 5.83% | — |
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net neutral (+0.10)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 12%, cool 18%, neutral 20%, warm 51%.
Pairs warm and cool. 51% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 29% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.
Taste
- pungent 37%
- sweet 18%
- sour 9%
- bitter 28%
- salty 3%
- bland 6%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Spleen 74%
- Lung 65%
- Heart 35%
- Liver 35%
- Kidney 32%
- Stomach 30%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Decoction.
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Formula family
Full equations
- This formula = Er Chen Tang without Wu Mei + Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang + Jie Geng Tang + Chuan Xiong, Ren Shen, Sheng Di Huang, Xi Xin and Xuan Fu Hua. Sheng Jiang at about 1.9× the dose relative to the other herbs, against the catalogue's Er Chen Tang (over the 5 of its 6 herbs present).
- This formula = Xiao Ban Xia Jia Fu Ling Tang + Er Chen Tang + Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang + Jie Geng Tang + Chuan Xiong, Ren Shen, Sheng Di Huang, Xi Xin and Xuan Fu Hua. Sheng Jiang at about 0.22× the dose relative to the other herbs, against the catalogue's Xiao Ban Xia Jia Fu Ling Tang.
- This formula = Jie Geng Tang + Er Chen Tang + Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang + Chuan Xiong, Ren Shen, Sheng Di Huang, Xi Xin and Xuan Fu Hua. Jie Geng is the heaviest herb here; Gan Cao is the heaviest in the catalogue's Jie Geng Tang.
- This formula = Ju Pi Tang + Er Chen Tang + Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang + Jie Geng Tang + Chuan Xiong, Ren Shen, Sheng Di Huang, Xi Xin and Xuan Fu Hua. Chen Pi is the heaviest herb here; Sheng Jiang is the heaviest in the catalogue's Ju Pi Tang.
- This formula = Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang + Er Chen Tang + Jie Geng Tang + Chuan Xiong, Ren Shen, Sheng Di Huang, Xi Xin and Xuan Fu Hua. Relative doses differ by up to about 6× from the catalogue's Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang.
- This formula = Xiao Ban Xia Tang + Er Chen Tang + Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang + Jie Geng Tang + Chuan Xiong, Ren Shen, Sheng Di Huang, Xi Xin and Xuan Fu Hua. Relative doses differ by up to about 1.7× from the catalogue's Xiao Ban Xia Tang.
Each entry reads as the larger formula written out: “+” adds its other catalogue cores, then the herbs none of them hold. A catalogue formula counts as a core only when at least 80% of its herbs are present, no more than 1 is absent, and the absent herb is not its chief.
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