Table 1. The ingredients of the Chaihu-Shugan-San (CSS) solution.
Chinese name | Ping Yin | English name | Part used | Proportion of ingredients (100%) |
白芍 | bai-shao | Radix paeoniae alba | Dried root | 14.29 |
陈皮 | chen-pi | Pericarpium citri reticulatae | Dried tangerine peel | 19.05 |
枳壳 | zhi-qiao | Fructus aurantii | Dried orange peel | 14.29 |
香附 | xiang-fu | Rhizoma cyperi | Dried root | 14.29 |
川芎 | chuan-qiong | Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. | Dried root | 14.29 |
甘草 | gan-cao | Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. | Dried root | 4.74 |
柴胡 | chai-hu | Bupleurum chinense DC | Dried root | 19.05 |