Major bupleurum Decoction has Radix et Rhizoma Rhei as it main ingredient and has the function of clearing away heat from the Shaoyang Channel, not of purgation.

• 对于大柴胡汤,其组成当以有大黄为是,而其作用重在清泄少阳之邪热,非重在通腑,所以其主治证并不要强调“便秘”,其所治之下利证并不是热结旁流;