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| Health Benefits |
| For: chronic spontaneous sweating • night sweating |
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| Category: Stabilize + Bind: Stabilize Exterior Stop Sweating ⌕ |
| Subcategory: Stabilize Exterior Stop Sweating Source: Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang |
| Actions: Tonify Qi • Consolidate Wei Qi • Astringe yin • Stop sweating |
| Diagnosis |
| Tongue: pale red, pink Pulse: thin, weak Other: |
| Patterns: Qi deficiency • Yin deficiency |
| Indications: Weak body constitution, spontaneous sweating, night sweating • Weak body constitution – Qi deficiency, spontaneous sweating: short of breath, fatigue – Yin deficiency, night sweating: palpitation, pale red tongue, thin weak pulse. [Song] |
| Contraindications: sweating from excess heat or excess damp heat |
| Description |
| Name Variations: Mu Li San , 牡蛎散, Oyster Shell Powder, |
| Herb List: Mu Li(K) • Huang Qi(M) • Ma Huang Gen(A) • Fu Xiao Mai(A) |
| Commentary: Focused on treating patients with weak constitution and weak Wei Qi, mild Yin Xu and therefore not able to bind yin essence. Main symptoms is chronic sweating. Sweat us the heart fluid. So when we have chronic heart fluid weakness, it leads to yin deficiency with heart palpitations, pale red tongue, thin and weak pulse. This formula astringes Yin to stop sweating and consolidate the Wei Qi. Long term spontaneous sweating can cause Qi deficiency and Yin fluids and vice versa. Chief herb is Mu Li. Oyster shells (Mu Li) has amino acids and minerals like calcium, magnesium, and zinc. Magnesium is often lost through sweating. Magnesium relaxes smooth muscle and heart. Magnesium deficiency leads to palpitations and spasmodic muscles. Huang Qi especially strengthens the exterior layer. Ma Huang Gen stops sweating (opposite of Ma Huang). Fu Xiao Mai (gluten) is harvested Xiao Mai that is poor quality and are fairly empty in the husk. They float on the surface of water so this is mainly used for its husks. Mainly using the husk which has lots of vitamin B6, B1 and B2. Focused on Qi deficiency to stop sweating. |
| Related Formulas: |
| Herbs |
Cat/Dosage |
Actions |
Attributes |
| Mu Li • Oyster Shell • 牡蛎 ♠ |
Calm Shen |
Calm Shen • Calm Liver • Anchor yang rising • Neutralize stomach acids • Relieve stomach pain • Soften hardness • Remove nodules • Reduce fluid leakage from deficiency • Disperse stagnation |
alkaline • gastrointestinal |
| Huang Qi • Astragalus • 黄芪 ♥ |
Tonify Qi |
Tonify Spleen Qi • Tonify protective qi • Tonify Lung Qi • Tonify Qi to move blood • Raise stomach yang qi • Improve urination • Relief Edema • Discharge pus • Generate fleshSheng - to dry damp • Chao - to tonify Spleen, stop sweating, calm fetus • Chao jiao - to stop diarrhea |
Antioxidant • Immune System Booster • Diuretic • Anti-aging • Hypoglycemic • Hypotensive • Hepatoprotective |
| Ma Huang Gen • Ephedra Root • 麻⿈根 ♣ |
Stabilize + Bind |
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| Fu Xiao Mai • Wheat Grain • 浮⼩⿆ ♣ |
Stabilize + Bind |
Nourish heart • Calm spirit • Reduce sweating • Clear yin deficiency heat |
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| Directions: Directly grind herbs into powder. |
| Modifications |
For |
| + Huang Qi + Ren Shen + Bai Zhu |
Severe Qi Deficiency 31 |
| + Mu Li + Sheng Di Huang + Bai Shao |
Severe Yin Deficiency 31 |
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ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Mu Li: damp heat • constipation
Huang Qi: Autoimmune diseases • Exterior excess • Qi stagnation • Damp obstruction • Food stagnation • Yin deficiency
Ma Huang Gen:
Fu Xiao Mai: |
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