ACUPUNTURA Y MASAJE TERAPÉUTICO

Glenhnia and Ophiopogonis Decoction (sha shen mai dong tang)

Category: Formulas that Gently Disperse and Moisten Dryness

Chief: Sha shen (Radix Glehniae), Mai men dong (Radix Ophiopogonis), Sang ye (Flos Mori)

Deputy: Yu zhu (Rhizoma Odorati polygonaty) and Tian hua fen (Radix Trichisanthis)

Assistant: Bian dou (Semen Lablad album)

Envoy: Gan cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)

Pattern: Cough due to Yin vacuity cough. Esophageal Constriction due to Depletion of fluids with accumulation of heat.

Action: Clears and nourishes the Lungs and Stomach, generates fluids, and moistens dryness.

Indication: For injury to the Lungs, Stomach, and fluids from dryness characterized by a dry throat, thirst, a hacking cough with scanty sputum, and a red tongue with little coating. Similar in function to the principal formula Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lungs Decoction (qing zao jiu fei tang), except that it treats relatively mild conditions where only the yin and fluids have been injured, and not the qi. Available in prepared form.