Guest guest Posted May 6, 2003 Report Share Posted May 6, 2003 G, Does anyone else find it peculiar that there is such a high dose of ge gen in bentun tang? Complete Rx (I think is) Gan cao 2liang chuan xiong 2 dang gui 2 ban xia 4 huangqin 2 gen gen 5 bai shao 2 sheng jiang 4 xing ren 1 Could some explain the ge gen to me, besides that it disperses the liver. Or at least elaborate on that idea.. Thanx, - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2003 Report Share Posted May 6, 2003 are these grams? ge gen has a higher dose range than the other herbs listed, up to 10-30 g, so it often is 2-3 times higher than other herbs. , " " < @h...> wrote: > G, > > Does anyone else find it peculiar that there is such a high dose of > ge gen in bentun tang? Complete Rx (I think is) > > Gan cao 2liang > chuan xiong 2 > dang gui 2 > ban xia 4 > huangqin 2 > gen gen 5 > bai shao 2 > sheng jiang 4 > xing ren 1 > > Could some explain the ge gen to me, besides that it disperses the > liver. Or at least elaborate on that idea.. Thanx, > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2003 Report Share Posted May 6, 2003 , " " <@i...> wrote: > are these grams? ge gen has a higher dose range than the other herbs > listed, up to 10-30 g, so it often is 2-3 times higher than other herbs. > Yes that part is clear, but why is gen gen in the formula??? IT raises clear yang, and yet we have an issue with rasing of qi. I see this as a conflict of interests... There are many herbs to soften or supposedly disperse the liver, and ge gen isn't my first choice... SO why is he using this herb??? -Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2003 Report Share Posted May 6, 2003 Bensky's book puts 1 liang at 31.25g, so this would be about 155g of ge gen... but then you get into different periods of history have different measurements of weight etc etc. I believe many formulas in the Shang Han Lun are written in Liang, but have been adjusted for modern-day practice. I think it's the old liang = new qian. For instance, Ma Huang Tang originally calls for 3 liang of ma huang, but in Bensky it's 9gm (3 qian). I would read the Ben Tun Tang formula as 5 qian of Ge Gen... which isn't all that much (releases the muscle layer & expels wind)... and what sane person would use 4 liang of ginger in a formula? Yikes! Geoff > __________ > > Message: 11 > Tue, 06 May 2003 16:39:50 -0000 > " " < > Re: Ben tun Syndrome > > are these grams? ge gen has a higher dose range than the other herbs > listed, up to 10-30 g, so it often is 2-3 times higher than > other herbs. > > > , " " < > @h...> wrote: > > G, > > > > Does anyone else find it peculiar that there is such a high dose of > > ge gen in bentun tang? Complete Rx (I think is) > > > > Gan cao 2liang > > chuan xiong 2 > > dang gui 2 > > ban xia 4 > > huangqin 2 > > gen gen 5 > > bai shao 2 > > sheng jiang 4 > > xing ren 1 > > > > Could some explain the ge gen to me, besides that it disperses the > > liver. Or at least elaborate on that idea.. Thanx, > > > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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