Dosage of the original formula of Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang

The dosage of the original formula of Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang needs to be determined according to everyone's physical condition. The main reason is that the original formula of Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang can clear the lungs and relieve cough, eliminate restlessness and stop sweating, and can also expel evil spirits and reduce heat. It is very effective in treating colds and coughs. Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang is mainly composed of medicinal materials such as ephedra, apricot kernel and licorice. These medicinal materials can clear away heat and relieve cough, but medicinal materials have side effects, so everyone should pay attention to the dosage.

Rhyme

Ma Ren Shi Gan Decoction is an effective treatment for patients suffering from sweating and wheezing; its pungent and cool nature can clear the lungs, and it is effective in calming wheezing and relieving restlessness.

composition

Ephedra, almond, licorice, and gypsum.

Dosage

9 grams each of ephedra and apricot kernel, 6 grams of licorice, and 24 grams of gypsum.

usage

Use seven liters of water to boil ephedra and remove the foam. Add other herbs and boil until two liters are left. Remove the residue and take one liter while warm.

function

It has a pungent and cool effect, clears the lungs and relieves asthma.

Indications

Exogenous wind evil and evil heat blocking the lungs. Persistent fever, cough, shortness of breath, nasal irritation, thirst, with or without sweat, thin white or yellow tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

Fang Yi

This syndrome is caused by wind-heat invading the lungs, or wind-cold accumulating and turning into heat, which is blocked in the lungs. There is excessive heat in the lungs, and the qi is reversed, damaging the body fluids, so there is sweating but the body heat does not subside, there is wheezing and shortness of breath, and even flaring of the nostrils, thirst and desire to drink, and a slippery and rapid pulse. At this time, it is urgent to clear the lung heat. When the heat is cleared and the qi is balanced, the wheezing and thirst will also be relieved. Therefore, ephedra is used as the main ingredient in the prescription, because it can open up the lungs and expel evil heat, which is the meaning of "releasing the depressed fire." However, it is warm in nature, so it is used with gypsum, which is pungent, sweet and extremely cold, as a minister, and the dosage is twice that of ephedra. It can promote lung function without adding heat, clear the lungs without retaining pathogens, and have the power to descend the lung qi, and relieve wheezing and acuteness of breathing. It is used to control the lungs. Apricot kernel can reduce lung qi and is used as an adjuvant to help ephedra and gypsum to clear the lungs and relieve asthma. Roasted licorice root can not only replenish qi and harmonize the stomach, but also produce body fluid and quench thirst when combined with gypsum. It can also mediate between cold and heat, so it is an adjuvant drug. Although there are only four herbs in the medicine, the combination is rigorous and the dosage is also carefully considered. In particular, the use of ephedra and gypsum for treating lung heat is a flexible combination of herbs, so it can clear lung heat and has a reliable therapeutic effect.

Compatibility characteristics

Ephedra invigorates the lungs to relieve asthma, opens the pores and relieves the exterior to disperse the evil, while gypsum clears away lung heat to produce body fluid, and disperses and relaxes the muscles to expel the evil. The two medicines are one pungent and warm, the other pungent and cold; one is mainly used to promote lung function, the other is mainly used to clear the lungs. Both of them can expel evil from the body, and their combination contains the meaning of complementation despite their opposite effects. The four medicines are used together to relieve exterior symptoms and clear the lungs, with clearing being the main focus; to promote lung function and descend qi being combined, with promoting function being the main focus.

use

This prescription is a basic prescription for treating wheezing and cough caused by external pathogens that have not been eliminated and pathogenic heat blocking the lungs. The key points for diagnosis in clinical application are persistent fever, cough, shortness of breath, nasal flaring, thirst, sweating or no sweating, thin white or yellow tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

Addition and subtraction

In case of severe heat in the lungs, severe loss of body fluid, little or no sweat, increase the dosage of gypsum, or add roasted mulberry bark, reed root, and Anemarrhena asphodeloides. If the exterior evil is more serious, there is no sweat and aversion to cold, add antipyretic herbs such as Schizonepeta tenuifolia, mint, light black beans, and burdock seeds. While focusing on clearing and purging lung heat, open the skin and fur to allow the lung heat to be discharged and healed. If the phlegm is thick and the chest is stuffy, add Trichosanthes kirilowii, Fritillaria thunbergii, and Scutellaria baicalensis to clear away heat and resolve phlegm, and relax the chest and benefit the diaphragm.

Taboo

It is not suitable for patients with wind-cold, cough and asthma, and excessive phlegm and heat.