Xiao Trap Thorax Tang is composed of Semixia, Rhizoma Coptidis and Psidium Guajava, while Da Trap Thorax Tang is composed of Rhubarb, Glycyrrhiza Glutinosa and Mangnitrile.
Xiao Trap Thorax Tang is from “The Treatise on Typhoid Fever”, composed of Semixia, Huanglian and Psidium guajava, which has the efficacy of dispersing knots and broadening the chest, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, and can be used in the small knotty chest of phlegm-heat interconnections, which can be seen in the epigastric region of the chest and epigastric region being full of tightness, and it is painful to press on, or coughing up yellow thick phlegm, or heart and chest tightness, with a rounded smooth pulse and a yellowish greasy reddish coating on tongue.
Da Shen Chest Tang is from “The Treatise on Typhoid Fever”, which is composed of rhubarb, glycyrrhiza glabra, and manganese nitrate, and has the effect of expelling water and diarrhea, and can be used for the symptom of big knot chest syndrome, which can be seen in the pain under the heart, which is hard to be pressed and refuses to be pressed, or the pain under the heart and into the abdomen is hard, full, and the pain is inaccessible, and there is a hot flush in the daytime and nighttime, and constipation of the stools, or shortness of breath, irritability, and the pulse is heavy and tight, and is powerful to be pressed, and the tongue is dry and thirsty.
The contraindications and adverse reactions of Big and Small Trapped Thorax Soup are not clear, do not use the drug by yourself, the drug needs to follow the doctor’s instructions for rational application.