麻黄杏仁薏苡甘草汤
麻黄杏仁薏苡甘草汤 is also named The Prescription of Mahuang Xingren Yiyi Gancao Tang, 麻黃杏仁薏苡甘草湯
Source
The book Jin Gui Yao Lue
Ingredients
Explanation
Ma Huang: The principal drug, being pungent and bitter in flavor and warm in nature, relieving superficies syndrome by means of diaphoresis, facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi to stop asthma.
Xing Ren: Promoting the flow of the lung-Qi, aiding Ma Huang in relieving asthma.
Yi Yi Ren: Removing dampness and subduing swelling.
Gan Cao: Invigorating the spleen and stomach, aiding Yi Yi Ren in removing dampness.
Effect
Relieve exterior syndrome by means of diaphoresis, dispel wind and eliminate dampness.
Indications
Heat syndrome due to dampness pathogen, exterior syndrome due to wind-damp, afternoon fever.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.