HERB FORMULAS

SHENG MAI SAN

English: Generate the Pulse Powder
Also Known As: Pulse Engendering Powder

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 3-15g Tonifies Heart, Spleen and Lung Qi and generates Fluids.
With Mai Men Dong, strongly generates Fluids.
With Wu Wei Zi, rescues Qi and Yin.
With Mai Men Dong and Wu Wei Zi, for Qi and Yin Deficiencies.
(Rx. Codonopsis) (Dang Shen) (15-45g) (Substitutes for Ren Shen, if not critical.)
(Rx. Quinquefolii) (Xi Yang Shen) (15-45g) (Substitutes for Ren Shen, if not critical.)
Tub. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 5-12g Nourishes Yin, moistens the Lungs, generates Fluids, stops cough, clears Heat from the Heart and eliminates irritability.
Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi 2-6g Astringes Lung Qi, generates Fluids, tonifies Qi and nourishes Kidney Yin.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Augments Qi
  • Generates Fluids
  • Clears Heat
  • Preserves Yin
  • Stops Excess perspiration

SYNDROMES

  • Lung and Kidney Qi Deficiencies
  • Heart and Lung Qi Deficiencies
  • Lung Qi and Yin Deficiencies

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Chronic cough with sparse sputum
  • Sputum difficult to expectorate
  • Shortness of breath
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Dry mouth and tongue
  • Palpitations with a stifling sensation in chest
  • Fatigue
  • Thirst
  • Dry throat
  • Insomnia
  • Listless speech
  • T: Red and dry or Pink and dry
  • C: Thin and dry
  • P: Deficient and rapid or Irregular and slow or Thready and deficient or Consistently irregular

TREATS

  • Acute collapse
  • Chronic bronchitis
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Supraventricular arrhythmias
  • Rheumatic Heart disease
  • Post-bypass debility
  • Hemorrhagic shock (IV drip)
  • Cardiogenic shock (IV drip)
  • Neurasthenia

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Use extreme caution with high fever.
  • Use extreme caution for unresolved external cough.
  • Do not use in initial stage flu in summer with mild conditions.
  • Do not use if Fluids are not yet injured.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For profuse sweat with dark, scanty, difficult urine: For severe cough:
+ Rx. Astragali Huang Qi + Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua
+ Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui + Bul. Lilii Bai He
For severe damage to the Yin and Body Fluids with mild Heat:
For prolonged cough:
+ Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen + Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu
+ Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
For palpitations and insomnia:
For irritability with relatively severe insomnia:
+ Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren
+ Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren + Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu
+ Cx. Albizziae He Huan Pi + Concha Ostreae Mu Li
For marked palpitations:
For coronary artery disease:
+ Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi + Fried Rx. Glycyrrhizae Zhi Gan Cao
+ Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu + Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ Concha Ostreae Mu Li + Flos Carthami Hong Hua
    + Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao