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| Health Benefits |
| For: heat stroke heavy sweating, chronic cough with scanty sputum |
| Atributes: |
| Constituents: |
| Products |
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Powder |
Granules |
Powder |
Pills |
| Category: Tonify Qi ⌕ |
| Subcategory: Source: Yi Xue Qi Yuan |
| Actions: Tonify Qi • Astringe Yin to stop sweating • Generate fluids |
| Diagnosis |
| Tongue: red, dry, scanty coat Pulse: Weak, rapid Other: |
| Patterns: Summer Heat, Qi Deficiency, Yin Deficiency |
| Indications: Qi and yin injury from Summer Heat leading to heavy sweating. Fatigue, short of breath, heavy sweating, dry throat, thirst, red tongue with little coating, weak rapid pulse. Chronic cough with LU deficiency consuming Qi and Yin, dry throat and mouth, fatigue, short of breath, non-productive cough or with little phlegm, cough with sweating, weak thin pulse. For heaving exertion like climbing a high mountain, Ren Shen should still be used.
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| Contraindications: |
| Description |
| Name Variations: Sheng Mai San, 生脉散, Generate the Pulse Powder, |
| Herb List: Ren Shen(K) • Mai Dong(M) • Wu Wei Zi(A) |
| Commentary: Often used as a summertime daily beverage. Nowadays, this formula is used in IVs in the hospitals for emergency use in China. For Summer Heat issues, it would be more appropriate to substitute Ren Shen with Xi Yang Shen because it's cooling. |
| Related Formulas: |
| Herbs |
Cat/Dosage |
Actions |
Attributes |
| Ren Shen • Ginseng • 人参 ♠ |
Tonify Qi
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Tonify yuan qi • Tonify lung qi • Tonify heart qi • Calms Shen • Stop thirst • Helps impotence • Treats qi collapse • Tonify Spleen • Generate fluid • Stop thirst • Strengthen anti-pathogenic qi • Can go to all 5 zang organsUnlike Huang Qi, Ren Shen is adaptogenic and may be used by people with autoimmune disorders. |
adaptogen • anti-aging • anticoagulant • antiplatelet • antioxidant • antiplatelet • immunity booster • anti-inflammatory • antidepressant • hepatoprotective • stimulant |
| Mai Men Dong • Ophiopogon Tuber • 麦门冬 ♥ |
Tonify Yin
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Nourish Lung yin • Clear Lung heat • Nourish Stomach yin • Generate fluids • Clear Heart • Nourish Heart yin • Reduce irritabilityLilyturf Root |
antibiotic • increase cardiac output • sedative • reduce tachycardia |
| Wu Wei Zi • Schisandra Fruit • 五味⼦ ♣ |
Stabilize + Bind |
Generate fluid • Tonify Kidney to grasp Qi • Tonify Lung Qi • Binds essence • Nourish heart • Calm Shen • Stop sweating • Stop diarrhea |
antibiotic • gastrointestinal • hypotensive or hypertensive • immunostimulant • hepatoprotective • CNS stimulant |
| ♠ King/Chief ♥ Minister/Deputy ♣ Assistant ♦ Envoy |
| Directions: |
| Modifications |
For |
| - Ren Shen + Xi Yang Shen |
Yin Deficiency with heat |
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| Caution |
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ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Ren Shen: Blood thinner medication • Diabetes medication • Blood pressure medication • Caffeine • Yin deficiency • Stagnant fire • Hypertension • Bleeding disorders • Pain in chest • Excess heat
Mai Men Dong: Diarrhea from middle jiao cold and deficiency • sedatives • cough from wind cold or damp phlegm
Wu Wei Zi: exterior pathogen presence, interior excess heat, early stage rash |
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