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formula
Ma Huang C.
chinese formulae

definition

Ma Huang C. = Ma Huang Tang = "Ephedra Decoction"
sources: Bensky and Barolet, p. 33; Hsu, 1980, p. 76; Yeung, p. 156.
signs and symptoms: Common cold with fever and chills (more chills than fever) and without sweating, headache, cough, wheezing, body aches.
tongue and pulse: thin, white tongue coating, and floating, tight pulse.
indications: Lung Wind-Cold. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as common cold, influenza, rhinitis, stuffy nose, typhoid fever, acute bronchitis, lobar pneumonia, bronchial asthma, measles, cystitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and acute glomerulonephritis.
cautions and contraindications: Contraindicated for weak patients with copious urination, and for patients prone to bleeding (especially from the nose). Use with caution in patients with hypertension.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 6 grams: ephedra (ma huang), cinnamon twig (gui zhi), apricot seed (xing ren).
» 3 grams: honey-baked licorice (zhi gan cao).
modifications:
» for Exterior Cold with Interior Heat, add gypsum (shi gao).
» for concurrent Yang Xu (Deficiency), add astragalus (huang qi).
» for wheezing, a sensation of tightness in the chest, and coughing of white, watery sputum, add perilla fruit (su zi) and citrus (chen pi).


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