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Sheng Mai San 生脉散
Generate the Pulse Powder
Generate the Pulse Powder
Tradition:
TCM
Source / Author:
Craft of Medicines and Patterns for Children; 1119
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Herb Name
Ren Shen 人参 (Ginseng)
Mai Men Dong 麦⻔冬 (Ophiopogon) Wu Wei Zi 五味⼦ (Schisandra) |
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Preparation:
Powder; also prepared as a decoction with the doses above
Function:
Tonify Qi, Nourish Yin, Astringes and Stops Sweating
Use:
Fatigue, short of Breath, spontaneous Sweating, dry mouth and tongue, red tongue with a dry coat, weak, then pulse; or rapid and weak
1. Chronic Bronchitis
2. Coronary Heart disease
3. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4. Supraventricular Arrhythmias
5. Cardiac Shock
6. Pulmonary Tuberculosis
7. Heat Stroke
Dose:
3–6 grams two or three times daily
Cautions:
1. Not used for cases with external pathogen (acute Cold or Flu).
Modifications:
1. Unless the Qi is markedly weak, Codonopsis Dang Shen is substituted using 2–3 times the dose of Ginseng.
2. If there is marked Yin deficiency or Heat, American or White Ginseng Xi Yang Shen is used.
3. Irritability, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, add Ziziphus Suan Zao Ren and Platycladus Bai Zi Ren.
4. Very weak pulse, risk of Shock, increase the dose of Ginseng.
5. Chronic Heart disease with Yin and Yang deficiency, add Astragalus and Licorice.
6. Yin deficiency due to Febrile disease, add Scrophularia Xuan Shen and Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang.
7. Chronic Lung diseases with Cough and excess Phlegm, add Bitter Almond (Bitter Apricot) kernel.
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