Commonly Used Chinese Herb Formulas with Illustrations - Adenophora and Ophiopogon Combination (Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang)


 

0715 沙參麥冬湯 (Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang)

 

Adenophora & Ophiopogon Combination

 

Glehnia and Ophiopogonis Decoction

 


 

Formulation

Chinese Name

Pharmaceutical Name

Pin Yin Name

English Name

北沙參

Radix Glehniae

Bei Sha Shen

Glehnia Root

麥門冬

Radix Ophiopogonis

Mai Men Dong

Ophiopogon

玉竹

Rhizoma Polygonati odorati

Yu Zhu

Polygonatum

甘草

Radix Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

Licorice

桑葉

Folium Mori

Sang Ye

Mulberry Leaf

生扁豆

Semen Lablab album

Sheng Bian Dou

Dolichos

瓜蔞根

Radix Trichosanthis

Gua Lou Gen

Trichosanthes Root

 

Classic Literature Reference

Wen Bing Tiao Bian (Discrimination of Feverish Diseases, 1798).

Compiler: Wu, Tang.

 

Indications

Traditional: Injury of Lung yin and Stomach yin caused by dryness, marked by a dry mouth and throat, thirst, mild fever and dry cough with scanty phlegm, and a red tongue with little coating. It is also used in the end stage of infantile measles when the maculae are gradually disappearing, fever is subsiding and the appetite and the spirit are recovering.

Modern: Bronchitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, pleuritis, stomatitis, chronic laryngopharyngitis, atrophic gastritis, psoriasis, the convalescent stage of infantile measles, diabetes, and pediatric persisting pneumonia.

 

 

Pattern of Lung and Stomach Yin Injury due to Dryness

 

Herbs and Actions

 

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