Chinese: Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
English: Bupleurum Plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction
Source: Shanghanlun (Treatise on Cold Damage Diseases)
Pulse: Bowstring, rapid
Tongue: Red body, yellow greasy coating
Abdomen: kyokyokuman, saijyoki, shinkahiko
Indications: This herbal formula has been used for patients with following health conditions and symptoms:
- Irritability
- Anxiety
- Depression
- insomnia
- Palpitation
- Neck and shoulder stiffness
- Headache
- Nervousness
- anger
- Constipation
- Difficult urination
- Epilepsy
- Schizophrenia
- Erectile dysfunction
There are many other health conditions that may respond well to this herbal formula, in particular patients exhibiting indicative traditional diagnostic signs and symptoms.
Herbs in This Formula
- Saiko (Bupleuri Radix) 5g
- Ryukotsu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi) 2g
- Borei (Ostreae Concha) 2g
- Hange (Pinelliae Rhizoma) 4g
- Bukuryo (Sclerotium Poriae Cocos), 3g
- Ninjin (Ginseng Radix), 2g
- Ogon (Scutellariae Radix) 2g
- Taiso (Jujubae Fructus) 2g
- Shokyo (Zingiberis Rhizoma) 2g
- Keishi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) 3g
- Daio (Rhei Rhizoma) 1g
Note: Suggested dosages of each herb in Kampo formulas are often smaller than those of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Individual dosages of herbs may be adjusted depending on each patient’s condition, constitutional patterns, quality of the herbs, and other factors involved.
Abdominal pattern (fukusho) of Saikokaryukotsuboreito (from Fukusho Kiran Yoku 1809)
Basic and Clinical Research on Saikokaryukotsuboreito (Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang) – Updated on Mar 30, 2011
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Hiramatsu M, Maehara I, Takahashi M, et al. Treatment experience with saikokaryukotsuboreito and hochuekkito in male infertility patients. Kampo Igaku (Kampo Medicine) 17: 246-8 (1993).
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