The specific effects of Chai Hu plus Long Bone and Oyster Soup are to calm the nerves, conciliate and clear away heat, and to treat typhoid fever (illness caused by fever due to feeling cold) with chills and fever, irritability and frenzy, bitter fullness in the chest (fullness and discomfort in front of the chest and on both sides of the chest), and heaviness of the body that makes it difficult to turn to the other side, and so on.
Chai Hu Plus Long Bone and Oyster Soup is a traditional Chinese medicine formula composed of Chai Hu, Scutellaria baicalensis, Cinnamomum cassiae, Long Bone, Lead Dan, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Semixia, Ginger, Rhubarb, Oyster, Jujubae, and Poria. This formula is mainly used in treating agitation and frantic restlessness, delirium (babbling), cold and fever, bitter fullness in the chest and hypochondriacs, and difficulty in turning the body to the other side.
In this formula, Chai Hu, Scutellaria baicalensis and Gui Zhi harmonize with the interior to relieve the exterior to treat heaviness of the body, exchanges of cold and heat (the body will be hot and cold at the same time), Long Bone, Lead Dan and Oyster calm the mind (use ores and other medicines to stabilize the mind), Ginger and Bianxia harmonize and lower the rebelliousness of the stomach (regulate gastric qi and make the rebellious qi to descend), Rhubarb diarrhoea the heat in the interior, and Radix ginseng and Jujubae nourish and nourish qi and camps. Poria facilitates urination and calms the mind, together playing the role of reconciling and clearing heat, calming fright and tranquilizing the mind.
The adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions of Chai Hu plus Long Bone Oyster Soup are not clear at present. Chai Hu plus Long Bone and Oyster Soup should be taken under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner according to clinical diagnosis, and should not be used on its own to avoid risks.