MODIFIED MINOR CHEST RELIEVING DECOCTION
Modified Xiao Xian Xiong Tang

 

 ‘Modified Minor Chest Relieving Decoction’
Source: Experiential formula (consisting of Xiao Xian Xiong Tang and Guan Xin Er Hao Fang)

Keywords
angina pectoris

Ingredients
Coptis chinensis (Huang Lian, coptis)
Pinellia ternata (Ban Xia, pinellia)
Trichosanthis Kirlowi (Gua Lou pi, peel of Mongolian snakegourd)
Salvia miltorrhiza (Dan Shen, salvia)
Paeonia rubra (Chi Shao, red peony)
Pueraria lobata (Ge Gen, Pueraria)
Curcuma aromatica (Yu Jin, curcuma root)
Citrus aurantium (Zhi Ke, aurantium)
Melia azederach (Yan Hu Suo, corydalis tuber)

Major therapeutic action
Clears Heat, resolves Phlegm, activates Blood.

 Biomedical action
Anti-inflammatory, anti platelet aggregation, anti oxygen radicals.

Indications
o  With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as angina pectoris.

Key symptoms for use
o  stuffy chest
o  fixed cardiac pain
o  palpitation

Cautions and contraindications
None noted.
None noted. 		Dosage
The typical dose is three grams twice daily, before meals. In severe cases or the early stages of treatment (the first two weeks), a 50-100% increase in dose may be used, then reduced as the treatment takes effect.