Yi Gan San
Ingredients: Gambir vine (gou teng), Hoelen fungus (fu ling), Tang-Kuei root (dang gui), Atractylodes root (bai zhu), Cnidium root (chuan xiong), Chinese licorice root (gan cao), Bupleurum root (chai hu).
| Mandarin: 抑肝散 Pin-Yin: Yi Gan San English: Bupleurum Formula Romaji: Yokukan San Kanji: 抑肝散 Kampo: Yes |
Source:
- Rules of Conformation and Therapy
How it works:
- Calms the liver
- Sedates wind
- Strengthens the spleen
- Regulates qi and blood
- Dispels Heat
Clinical Applications:
- Blood deficiency with wind affecting the liver channel
- Liver and spleen disharmony
- Damp phlegm due to spleen deficiency
- Wind phlegm disturbing the channels
Yi Gan San is an herbal formula that was found in a book in the Ming dynasty almost 500 years ago mainly used to treat children but is used today to help with liver and spleen disharmony by calming the liver, strengthening the spleen, and regulating qi and blood.
|
English Name |
Pin-Yin Name |
|
Angelica Root |
Dang Gui |
|
White Atractylodes |
Bai Zhu |
|
Hoelen |
Fu Ling |
|
Gambir |
Gou Teng |
|
Ligusticum |
Chuan Xiong |
|
Licorice |
Gan Cao |
|
Bupleurum |
Chai Hu |
Main Ingredient(s):
In this formula, Bupleurum reduces fever, spreads liver qi, and relieves stagnation.