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Pin Yin: Mu Li San

Category: Stabilize Exterior and Lungs

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   Strongly inhibits sweating, stabilizes the Exterior, and Supplements Protective Qi;
  ---used for extreme Vacuity of Protective Qi, with spontaneous sweating becoming more severe at night and onset of Heart Yin Vacuity.
   (See Vacuity of Protective Qi; Heart Yin Vacuity .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Ostreae, Concha [mu li]

5-10

Astragali, Rx [huang qi]

3-5

Ephedrae, Hb [ma huang]

1-3

Tritici Aestivi Levis, S [fu xiao mai]

5-10

   Associated Modern Diseases: post partum sweating, post-surgical sweating and weakness, tuberculosis.

   Formulas with related functions: Tangkeui and Six-Yellow Decoction [DangGuiLiu Huang Tang].

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