She Gan Ma Huang Tang

Other Names : 射干麻黄汤, Sheganmahuang decoction, Belamcanda and Ephedra Decoction, Belamcanda and Ma Huang Combination

Actions

• Warms the Lungs
• Transforms Cold and Thin Mucus lingering in the chest
• Descends Qi
• Stops cough

Uses

• Pronounced coughing
• Pronounced wheezing
• Aversion to Cold
• Headache
• Rales
• Dyspnea
• Profuse, clear, watery sputum or
• Scanty, clear sputum
• A feeling of fullness and a stifling sensation in the chest and diaphragm
• Rattling sounds in the throat
• Heaviness and pain of the body
• Swollen face and extremities
• Pale or cyanotic face
• No thirst or Thirst, prefers warm drinks
• Body aches
• May feel thirsty but prefers warm drinks
• T: Normal
• C: White and slippery
• P: Wiry and slippery or Floating and tight or Wiry and smooth

Ingrediënts

• She Gan : Rz. Belamcandae : 6-9g : Transforms Phlegm, clears the Lungs and eliminates wheezing.
  • With Xi Xin, Zhi Ban Xia and Sheng Jiang, for dyspnea and cough with profuse white or clear sputum.
• Ma Huang : Hb. Ephedrae : 6-12g Induces sweating, releases the Exterior, disseminates and facilitates Lung Qi, calms wheezing and stops coughing.
• Zi Wan : Rx. Asteris : 6-9g Relieves coughs and expels Phlegm.
  • With Kuan Dong Hua, for cough and wheezing with copious sputum and rebellious Qi.
  • With Wu Wei Zi, for productive cough, wheezing, and spontaneous sweating.
• Kuan Dong Hua : Flos Farfarae : 6-9g Moistens the Lungs, descends Qi, stops cough and transforms Phlegm.
  • With Wu Wei Zi and Zhi Ban Xia, for cough and wheezing due to congested fluids.
• Zhi Ban Xia : Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum : 6-9g Dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
• Xi Xin : Hb. cum Rx. Asari : 3-9g Disperses Wind-Cold and Internal Cold, alleviates pain, warms the Lungs and transforms Phlegm and Thin Mucus.
  • With Ma Huang, alleviates cough and wheezing due to Phlegm caused by Wind-Cold.
  • With Wu Wei Zi, regulates the opening and closing of the Lungs, alleviating cough and calming wheezing for patients with existing thin mucus who are exposed to Wind-Cold leading acute wheezing and coughing of clear thin sputum.
  • With Zi Wan and Kuan Dong Hua, for chronic, persistent cough.
• Wu Wei Zi : Fr. Schisandrae : 3-9g Astringes leakage of Lung Qi and stops cough.
  • With Ma Huang and Xi Xin, for cough due to Wind-Cold.
• Sheng Jiang : Rz. Zingiberis Recens : 3-12g Releases the Exterior, induces perspiration, disperses Cold, warms the Lungs, stops cough and reduces the toxicity of other herbs.
  • With Da Zao, for External Wind-Cold.
  • With Ma Huang, strongly creates sweating to treat all externally contracted Wind-Cold disorders, especially those in which Wind-Cold has constrained Lung Qi with cough and wheezing and the failure of Lung Qi to descend causing nausea and vomiting.
• Da Zao : Fr. Jujube : 6-10g Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.