What are the ingredients and effects of Mahuang Decoction?

Ma Huang Tang is a relatively common Chinese medicine prescription. Its main therapeutic effects are diuresis, detumescence, sweating and relieving exterior symptoms. It is often used to treat wind-cold, chest tightness, cough and asthma. It can also achieve certain therapeutic effects on body edema and rheumatism. Its main ingredients are ephedra, cinnamon twig, licorice and almond. During treatment, pay attention to usage and precautions, and be sure to take the medication under the guidance of a doctor.

1. Composition of Mahuang Decoction

composition

Ephedra (9g), cinnamon twig (6g), almond (6g), liquorice (3g)

2. Ephedra Effects

1. It is used for external wind-cold, aversion to cold and fever, headache and body pain, nasal congestion, no sweating, floating and tight pulse and other superficial symptoms. This product can promote lung qi, open the pores, dispel wind and cold, and induce sweating to relieve exterior symptoms. It is often used together with cinnamon twig to enhance the diaphoretic and antipyretic effects, such as Mahuang Decoction.

2. Used for wheezing and coughing caused by wind-cold and stagnation of lung qi. It can open up the lung qi, dissipate wind and cold and relieve asthma. When used with almonds and licorice, it is called Sanao Decoction, which can enhance the anti-asthmatic effect. If there is also cold fluid in the body, it can be used with asarum, dried ginger, pinellia, etc. to warm the cold fluid and relieve asthma and cough, such as Xiaoqinglong Decoction. If the asthma and cough are caused by heat evil blocking the lungs, it can be used with gypsum, almonds, licorice, etc. to clear the lungs and relieve asthma, which is called Ma Xing Shi Gan Decoction.

3. It is used for edema with external symptoms. It is an important medicine for clearing the lungs and promoting diuresis. This product can induce sweating and promote diuresis, which helps to dissipate edema. It is often used together with ginger, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc., such as Yuebi Jiashu Decoction.

4. Taking advantage of the effect of ephedra in warming and dispersing cold evil, it can be used in combination with other corresponding medicines to treat rheumatic pain, yin carbuncle, phlegm nodule and other symptoms.

3. Usage and precautions

2—9g. It is better to go down later. It can be used raw to relieve exterior symptoms and roasted to relieve asthma; the mashed ephedra floss can induce sweating. It is suitable for children, the elderly and the weak to use ephedra floss or apply moxibustion.

This product has a strong diaphoretic effect, so it should be used with caution in patients with spontaneous sweating due to deficiency of the exterior, night sweats due to deficiency of yin, and asthma and cough due to kidney failure to absorb air. This product can excite the central nervous system and should be used with caution by patients with hyperhidrosis and insomnia.