Modification to bā zhēn tāng

(Eight Treasure Decoction)

Ba Zhen Tang
(Eight Treasure Decoction)

''Modification:'' Usually substituted for

(人蔘, man root)

Ren Shen at 2-3 times the dosage. - refer to:
Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet
, p259

	Herb	Common Name		Qty.
生薑	Sheng Jiang	fresh ginger rhizome	3	pieces
茯苓	Fu Ling	poria, sclerotium of tuckahoe, China root, hoelen, Indian bread	12 - 15	grams
川芎	Chuan Xiong	Sichuan lovage root, cnidium, chuanxiong root	6 - 9	grams
白术	Bai Zhu	(white) atratylodes rhizome, ovate atractylodes, angelica root	9 - 12	grams
大棗	Da Zao	jujube, Chinese date	2	pieces
熟地黄	Shu Di Huang	cooked rehmannia root, prepared Chinese foxglove root	15 - 18	grams
當歸	Dang Gui	tangkuei, Chinese angelica root	12 - 15	grams
白芍	Bai Shao	white peony root, peony	12 - 15	grams
炙甘草	Zhi Gan Cao	Honey Prepared Licorice	3 - 6	grams
人蔘	Ren Shen	ginseng root
黨蔘	Dang Shen	codonopsis root	12 - 27	grams