HERB FORMULAS

MU LI SAN - 牡蠣散 - OYSTER SHELL POWDER

English: Oyster Shell Powder
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Calcined Concha Ostreae Duan Mu Li 15-30g Prevents leakage of fluids.
With Huang Qi, Ma Huang Gen and Fu Xiao Mai, for spontaneous sweating and night sweats.
Rx. Astragali Huang Qi 9-30g Tonifies Wei Qi, stabilizes the Exterior and tonifies the Lungs.
With Fu Xiao Mai, for spontaneous sweating due to Qi Deficiency and nightsweats due to Yin Deficiency.
With Mu Li and Fu Xiao Mai, for sweating that occurs during the day but worsens at night.
Rx- Ephedrae Ma Huang Gen 3-30g Stops sweat due to Deficiency.
With Mu Li and Huang Qi, for spontaneous sweating which is worse at night.
With Huang Qi and Fu Xiao Mai, for spontaneous sweating.
Fr. Tritici Levis Fu Xiao Mai 15-30g Stops excessive sweating due to Deficiency.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Inhibits sweating
  • Stabilizes the Exterior

SYNDROMES

  • Spontaneous sweating due to Qi Deficiency
  • Night sweats due to Yin Deficiency
  • Sweating due to Qi and Yin Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Spontaneous sweating worse at night
  • Palpitations
  • Easily startled
  • Shortness of breath
  • Irritability
  • General debility
  • Lethargy
  • T: Pale-red
  • C: White or Little or None
  • P: Thready and weak

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with profuse, oily sweat from Exhaustion of Yin or Yang.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For a stronger effect: For strengthening Ying Qi:
+ Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi + Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
For Blood Deficiency:
+ Rx. Polygoni Multiflori He Shou Wu + Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
+ Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang For strengthening Yang:
+ Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
For insomnia:
+ Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren + Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparatum Zhi Fu Zi
+ Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren
For pronounced Yin Deficiency: For Spleen Deficiency:
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao + Sm. Lablab Album Bai Bian Dou
+ Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang + Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao
or For irritability and insomnia:
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao + Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang + Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai