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Pin Yin: ma huang
Common name: Ma-huang, ephedra
Botanical family: Ephedraceae
Botanical name: 1, Ephedra sinica Stapf.; 2, E. equisetina Bge.; 3, E. intermedia Schrenk et Mey.
Primary action: Release Wind Cold
Secondary actions:
Stop Cough and Wheezing
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid, slightly bitter
Entering Channel: Lu, UB
Actions:
Releases the Exterior and disperses Cold; indicated for TaiYang-stage
Exterior Chill; acts by inducing sweating.
moves Lung Qi; Stops cough, wheezing and asthma.
Promotes urination and relieves edema accompanying External .
(See
TaiYang-stage Exterior Chill
;
Cold Invading Lungs
.)
Indications: chills, fever, stiff neck, edema, wheezing,
sinus congestion
Dosage:
0.5-2 qian.
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