0525 生脈散 (Sheng Mai San)

 

Ginseng and Ophiopogon Formula

 

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【Formulation】 

 

Chinese Name	Pharmaceutical Name	Pin Yin Name	English Name
人參	Radix Ginseng	Ren Shen	Ginseng
麥門冬	Radix Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong	Ophiopogon
五味子	Fructus Schisandrae chinensis	Wu Wei Zi	Schisandra Fruit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

【Classic Literature Reference】

Nei Wai Shang Bian Huo Lun (Identification of Internal and External Diseases, 1231).

Compiler: Li, Gao (also known as Li, Dong-yuan).

 

【Indications】

Traditional:

1. Vital qi and body fluids injured by heat marked by fatigue, shortness of breath, sweating, dry throat, thirst, and a weak and thready pulse.

2. Both Lung qi and Lung yin deficiencies due to chronic cough marked by cough, scanty phlegm, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, dry mouth, ruddy tongue without much saliva, and a weak, rapid, or weak and thready pulse.

Modern: Myocardiac infarction, angina pectoris, shock, hypotension, arrhythmia, epidemic hemorrhageic fever, heatstroke, and cor pulmonale.

 

 

 Pattern of Deficiency of Qi and Body Fluids/Yin

 

 

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