Gan Jiang Ren Shen Ban Xia Wan
Star干姜人参半夏丸 (Ginger, Ginseng, and Pinellia Pill)
Source: Jin Gui Yao Lue — Zhang Zhong-Jing (Eastern Han, c. 220)
Last updated October 1, 2026
Description
Gan Jiang Ren Shen Ban Xia Wan (Ginger, Ginseng, and Pinellia Pill), from the Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essentials from the Golden Cabinet) by Zhang Zhong-Jing — a variation of Xuan Fu Dai Zhe Shi Tang.
Actions: Tonifies and warms the middle jiao; Corrects the reversed flow of qi and stops vomiting.
Presentation: Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, or from deficiency and cold of the Spleen and Stomach.
Source: Chen JK, Chen TT. Chinese Herbal Formulas and Applications: Pharmacological Effects & Clinical Research. Art of Medicine Press, 2009, p. 853.
Composition
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 warm (+1.29)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: warm 71%, hot 29%.
Taste
- pungent 71%
- sweet 14%
- bitter 14%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Lung 100%
- Spleen 100%
- Stomach 71%
- Heart 57%
- Kidney 29%
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
Source: powder and form pills with Sheng Jiang juice, size of Wu Tong Zi (about 5 mm); take 10 pills three times daily. Today as pills (powder mixed with water and ginger juice, 3-6g per dose) or decoction with bracketed doses.
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Formula family
Full herb lists
- Yan Nian Ban Xia Tang = this formula + Bie Jia, Bing Lang, Jie Geng, Qian Hu, Wu Zhu Yu and Zhi Shi
- Li Shi Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang = this formula + Ze Xie Tang + Er Miao San + Fu Ling, Huang Qi, Ju Hong, Mai Ya, Shen Qu and Tian Ma
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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