Chinese: ban xia
English: pinellia rhizome
Pharmaceutical: Pinelliae Rhizoma
Properties: Acrid, warm, toxic
Standard Species: Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit.
Formulas Containing Hange:
saikokaryukotsuboreito 紫胡加竜骨牡蠣湯 Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang Bupleurum Plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction
bakumondoto 麦門冬湯 Mai Men Dong Tang Ophiopogon Decoction
rikkunshito 六君子湯 Liu Jun Zi Tang Six-Gentleman Decoction
shoseiryuto 小青竜湯 Xiao Qing Long Tang Minor Bluegreen Dragon Formula
hangeshashinto 半夏瀉心湯 Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang Pinellia Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium
hangekokubokuto 半夏厚朴湯 Ban Xia Hou Po Tang Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction
shosaikoto 小紫胡湯 Xiao Chai Hu Tang Minor Bupleurum Decoction
shohangekabukuryuto 小半夏加茯苓湯 Xiao Ban Xia Jia Fu Ling Tang Minor Pinellia Plus Poria Decoction
untanto 温胆湯 Wen Dan Tang Warm the Gall Bladder Decoction
daisaikoto 大紫胡湯 Da Chai Hu Tang Major Bupleurum Decoction
unkeito 温経湯 Wen Jing Tang Warm the Menses Decoction
Pinellia ternata Breit – Hortus Plantae Medicinae, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Japan (Photo by TH. Tanaka)