Sheng Mai San

Ingredients: Oriental ginseng root (ren shen), Ophiopogon root (mai men dong), Schisandra fruit (wu wei zi).

Source:

• Clarifying Doubts about Damage from Internal and External Causes (Nei Wai Shang Bian Huo Lun)

How it works:

• Tonifies qi
• Generates body fluids
• Nourishes yin

Clinical Applications:

• Lung qi and yin deficiency
• Kidney qi deficiency
• Heart qi deficiency
• Wei syndrome due to lung heat

Sheng Mai San is an ancient herbal formula developed at the end of the Song dynasty published in Li Dongyuan’s “Clarifying Doubts about Damage from Internal and External Causes” to treat various qi deficiencies and Wei syndrome by tonifying qi, generating body fluids, and nourishing yin.

Main Ingredient(s):

In this formula, Ginseng tonifies heart, spleen, and lung qi, Ophiopogon Nourishes yin, moistens lungs, and clears heat from the heart, while both ingredients generate fluids.