Sheng Ma Usages and Indications

• Releases the exterior, vents muscles - accelerates the early stages of skin rashes, headache from wind-heat (forehead - stomach channel).
• Clears heat, relieves toxicity - toxins in the upper or superficial areas, swelling, painful, sore gums, lips, and/or throat.
• Raises yang, lifts spleen qi sinking (strong than Ge Gen) - for middle qi deficiency leading to shortness of breath, fatigue, prolapse of stomach, uterus, or rectum.
• Serves to guide other herbs upwards.

Cautions and Contraindications

• Avoid in cases of yin-deficient heat, upper-excesses and lower deficiencies.
• Avoid with fully erupted measles.
• Avoid in patients with breathing difficulties.
All Cautions

Dosage and Preparation Notes For Sheng Ma

• Dosage: 1.5-9g
• Use honey-roasted version for collapsed conditions.

• Blog Posts Concerning Herbal Medicine

•   Parkinson's Disease Yields To Basic Moxibustion Treatment (Study)
•   Introduction to Herbal Medicine - TCM, Western, Japanese
•   Scorpions, Centipedes, and Hornets Nests: Chinese Herbal Medicine History
•   Qing Dai Herb Found To Counter GI Problems from NSAID Use
•   Double Blind Study Finds Dang Gui Wan Effective For Menopausal Symptoms (Hot Flashes, Nightsweats)
•   Ye Gu Herb (Aeginetia Indica) Found To Have Anti-Cancer Benefits in Kidney/Renal Cancer Disease
•   Leonurine (Chinese Motherwort) May Be Helpful For Stroke Recovery
•   TCM Herbal Formula Zeng Ye Tang Found Useful Against Primary Sjogren's Syndrome
•   Your Own Saliva Better For Wound Healing Than Yunnan Baiyao Alone
•   Chinese Herb Da Ji - Thistle - Found To Have Strong Beneficial Effects in Type I Diabetes

Staff Clinical Notes

• Compare with Ge Gen and Chai Hu.
• May be combined with Dang Gui, Rou Cong Rong, Niui Xi for unblocking the stool parched by deficiency (Sheng Ma relieving the pressure in the intestines).

Our database contains 5 TCM Formulas where Sheng Ma is generally used

B

• Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan -Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Formula (Tonify)

Q

• Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang Wan -Clear Summer Heat and Augment the Qi (Clear Heat)

X

• Xin Yi Qing Fei Wan -Magnolia Flower Drink To Clear The Lungs (Release the Exterior)
• Xin Yi Wan -Magnolia Flower Powder (Release the Exterior)

Y

• Yi Zi Wan -Decoction B (Clear Heat)

Have questions about sheng ma? Or want to discuss treatment techniques? You may reach us and our community of practitioners by using our forums

• Question on the Liver Meridian
• Yin Channel - Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Cure for dyslexia
• Question regarding pancreas weak
• Unexplained multiple miscarriages
• An Shen Bu Xin formulas
• Common Acupressure Points for Self-Treatment - discussion (2019-08-25 08:29:15am)q
• What can I do for retina detachment? Please help!
• Coconut water warming or cooling?
• Chronic UTI's in elderly women.