Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
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Other Names : Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Gypsum and Licorice Decoction, 麻杏石甘湯, Ma Huang and Apricot Seed Combination, Decoction of Ephedra, Armeniacae, Gypsum and Licorice, Ma Xing Gan Shi Tang, Ma Huang Xing Ren Shi Gao Gan Cao Tang
Actions
- Disperses Wind-Heat
- Stops Asthma
- Clears the Lungs
- Descends Qi
Health Benefits and Uses of Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
- Cough with thick sticky, yellow sputum
- Sore, red, swollen throat
- Thirst, with desire to drink cold liquids
- Runny or blocked nose with thick yellow discharge
- Vertigo
- Dry throat
- Dizziness
- Fever with or without perspiration
- Slight chills
- Aversion to Wind
- Headache
- Dyspnea with flared nostrils and pain
- Fidgeting
- Labored breathing
- Asthma
- Shortness of breath
- Spontaneous perspiration
- Flushed face
- Wheezing
- Chest pain
- Restlessness
- Facial edema
- T: Red
- C: Yellow or White
- P: Superficial and rapid or Slippery and rapid
Ingredients
- Ma Huang : Hb. Ephedrae : 4-12g Strong diaphoretic, ventilates Lung Qi and stops wheezing.
- Xing Ren : Sm. Armeniacae : 1-18g Disperses Lung Qi, stops cough and wheezing and resolves Phlegm.
- Shi Gao : Gypsum Fibrosum : 10-48g Clears Lung Heat, nourishes the Body Fluids and stops thirst.
- With Ma Huang, for cough from Heat Obstructing the Lungs with wheezing, flaring of the nostrils and fever and Wind-edema.
- With Ma Huang, Xing Ren and Zhi Gan Cao, for Lung Heat with cough and asthma.
- Zhi Gan Cao : Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata : 1-6g Harmonizes, tonifies Qi, moistens the Lungs, clears Heat, detoxifies, resolves Phlegm and stops cough.
