Ban Xia
半夏 bàn xià, ""half summer""

	Tastes: Acrid		Dosage: 4.5 - 12g
	Toxic
	Cautions: Contraindicated in all cases of bleeding, cough due to Yin Xu or depleted fluids; Caution with all cases of Heat; avoid use during Pregnancy		Meridians: Lung , Spleen , Stomach
	Preparation: To lower the toxicity of Ban Xia, it is deep fried with ginger, vinegar, or alumen and is what is given at the pharmacy if one asks for Ban Xia (Fa Ban Xia); When the herb is treated with ginger juice, it is specifically known as Jiang Ban Xia;		Quality: No quality data at this time
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (Revised edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: Possible Overdose symptoms: feeling of burning and numbness in the throat and lips, queasy stomach,
	Formulas (62) xiāng fù xuán fù huā tāng (Cyperus and Inula Decoction) bàn xià bái zhú tiān má tāng (Pinellia Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Gastrodi) bàn xìa hòu pò tāng (Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction) bàn xià xiè xīn tāng (Pinellia Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) bǎo hé wán (Preserve Harmony Pill) bú huàn jīn zhèng qì sǎn (Rectify the Qi Powder Worth More than Gold) chái hú jiā lóng gǔ mǔ lì tāng (Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction) chái hú jiā máng xiāo tāng (Bupleurum Decoction plus Mirabilite) chái hú sì wù tāng (Bupleurum and Four Substance Decoction) chái píng tāng (Bupleurum and Calm the Stoamch Decoction) dà chái hú tāng (Major Bupleurum Decoction) dǎo tán tāng (Guide Out Phlegm Decoction) dí tán tāng (Scour Phlegm Decoction) dìng chuǎn tāng (Arrest Wheezing Decoction) èr chén tāng (Two Cured Decoction) gān jiāng rén shēn bàn xià wán (Ginger, Ginseng and Pinellia Pill) gé gēn jiā bàn xià tāng (Kudzu Decoction plus Pinellia) gūa lǒu xìe bái bàn xìa tāng (Trichosanthes Fruit, Chinese Chive, and Pinellia Decoction) hǎi zǎo yù hú tāng (Sargassum Decoction for the Jade Flask) hāo qín qīng dǎn tāng (Artemisia Annua and Scutellaria Decoction to Clear) huáng lián tāng (Coptis Decoction) huáng lián wēn dǎn tāng (Coptis Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) huí chūn dān (Return of Spring Special Pill) huò pò xià líng tāng (Agastache, Magnolia Bark, Pinellia and Poria Decoction) huò xiāng zhèng qì sǎn (Agastache powder to Rectify the Qi) jiā wèi èr chén tāng (Augmented Two-Cured Decoction) jiā wèi mài mén dōng tāng (Augmented Ophiopogonis Decoction) jīn shuǐ liù jūn jiān (Six-Gentleman of Metal and Water Decoction) jú pí zhú rú tāng (Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction (from formulas to aid the living)) lián pò yǐn (Coptis and Magnolia Bark Decoction) liù ān jiān (Six Serenity Decoction) liù hé tāng (Harmonize the Six Decoction) liù jūn zǐ tāng (Six Gentleman Decoction) mài mén dōng tāng (Ophiopogonis Decoction) qīng dǎn xiè huǒ tāng (Clear the Gallbladder and Drain Fire Decoction) qīng pí tāng (Clear the Spleen Decoction) qīng shī huà tán tāng (Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction) rén shēn huáng qí sǎn (Ginseng and Astragalus Powder) sān rén tāng (Three Nut Decoction) shè gān má huáng tāng (Belamcanda and Ephedra Decoction) shēng jiāng xiè xīn tāng (Fresh Ginger Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) shēng yáng yì wèi tāng (Raise the Yang and Benefit the Stomach Decoction) shí wèi wēn dǎn tāng (Ten-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) shí yī weì wēn dǎn tāng (Eleven-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) sì qī tāng (Four-Ingredient Decoction for the Seven Emotions) sū zǐ jiàng qì tāng (Perilla Fruit Decoction for Directing Qi Downward) wēn dǎn tāng (Warm the Gallbladder Decoction) wēn jīng tāng (Warm the Menses Decoction) wǔ jī sǎn (Five Accumulation Powder) xiāng shā liù jūn zǐ tāng (Six Gentlemen Decoction with Aucklandia and Amomum) xiǎo chái hú tāng (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) xiǎo qīng lóng jiā shí gāo tāng (Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction plus Gypsum) xiǎo qīng lóng tāng (Minor Blue-green Dragon Decoction) xīng rén huá shí tāng (Apricot Kernel and Talcum Decoction) xìng sū sǎn (Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder) xuān bì tāng (Disband Painful Obstruction Decoction) xúan fù dài zhě tāng (Inola and Hematite Decoctioon) zhèn nì bái hǔ tāng (White Tiger Decoction to Suppress Rebellion) zhǐ shí xiāo pǐ wán (Immature Bitter Orange Pill to Reduce Focal Distention) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo tāng (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Decoction) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo wán (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Pill) zhú yè shí gāo tāng (Lophatherus and Gypsum Decoction)