半夏瀉心湯評註

Exposition of Pan Hsia Hsieh Hsin Tang Decoction

半夏瀉心湯治療小柴胡湯證誤下所致之心下痞證，後世廣泛應用於各種胃腸及食道疾病，其類方生薑瀉心湯，甘草瀉心湯，黃連湯等皆經過一、二味藥的加減變化，或在劑量上稍事增減，所治即各有所側重，是臨床上學習辨證論治最好的例子。

Ban Xia Xie Xin Decoction is used for treatment of epigastric fullness syndrome caused by misuse of Xiaochaihu decoction. Ban Xia Xie Xin Decoction is later widely used in various gastrointestinal and esophageal disease. Similar formulae like Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Decoction, Gan Cao Xie Xin Decoction, Huang lian Decoction that are modulated in herbs or dosage have effect in different disease. This is a good example to learn syndrome differentiation and treatment.