Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 mài mén dōng, "luxuriant winter"

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Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Slightly Bitter , Sweet		Dosage: 6-15g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in those with loose stools from Spleen deficiency, turbid phlegm or thin mucus in the Lungs or Stomach, or in the early stages of wind-cold coughs. See Toxicity.		Meridians: Lung , Heart , Stomach
	Preparation: No preparation data at this time		Quality: Consists of large, full, light yellowish white, translucent, soft, and aromatic roots with a sweet and slimy taste.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (41) jiā jiǎn shēng mài sǎn (Modified Generate the Pulse Powder) li shī qīng shǔ yì qì tāng (Master Li's Decoction to clear Summerheat and Augment the Qi) bā xīan cháng shōu wán (Eight Immortal Pill for Longevity) bǎi hé gù jīn tāng (Lily Bulb Decoction to Preserve the Metal) cháng níng tāng (Intestinal Serenity Decoction) chūn zé tāng (Spring Pond Decoction) cōng bái qī wèi yǐn (Scallion Decoction with Seven Ingredients) dà dìng fēng zhū (Major Arrest Wind Pearl) dà zào wán (Great Creation Pill) dì huáng yǐn zǐ (Rehmannia Decoction) dìng xián wán (Arrest Seizures Pill) dìng zhì wàn (Settle the Emotions Pill from the Wondrous Lantern) gān lù yǐn (Sweet Dew Decoction) jiā jiǎn fù mài tāng (Modified Restore the Pulse Decoction) jiā wèi mài mén dōng tāng (Augmented Ophiopogonis Decoction) jiā wèi sì wù tāng (Augmented Four Substance Decoction) jú pí zhú rú tāng (Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction (from formulas to aid the living)) mài mén dōng tāng (Ophiopogonis Decoction) qín lián sì wù tāng (Four-Substance Decoction with Scutellaria and Coptis) qīng shǔ yì qì tāng (Clear Summer-heat and Augment the Qi Decoction) Qīng Xīn Líán Zǐ Yǐn (Lotus Seed Decoction to Clear the Heart) qīng yíng tāng (Clear the Nutritive Level Decoction) qīng zào jiù fèi tāng (Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lungs Decoctions) sān jiǎ fù mài tāng (Three-Shell Decoction to Restore the Pulse) shā shēn mài mén dōng tāng (Glehnia and Ophiopogonis Decoction) shēng mài sǎn (Generate the Pulse powder) shēng tiě luò yǐn (Iron Filings Decoction) shí hú yè guāng wán (Dendrobium Pill for Night Vision) wēn jīng tāng (Warm the Menses Decoction) xīn jiā huáng lóng tāng (Newly-Augmented Yellow Dragon Decoction ) yǎng xīn tāng (Nourish the Heart Decoction) yǎng yīn qīng fèi tāng (Nourish the Yin and Clear the Lungs Decoction) yī gùan jiān (Linking Decoction) yì wèi tāng (Benefit the Stomach Decoction) yín qiáo tāng (Honeysuckle and Forsythia Decoction) yù nǔ jiān (Jade Woman Decoction) yuè huá wán (Moonlight Pill) zēng yè chéng qì tāng (Increases the fluids and Order the Qi Decoction) zēng yè tāng (Increase the Fluids Decoction) zhì gān cǎo tāng (Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction) zhú yè shí gāo tāng (Lophatherus and Gypsum Decoction)

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Ophiopogonis Radix

Botanical:

Japanese: bakumondō

Korean: maekmundong

Common: ophiopogon tuber

Temperature: Slightly Cold

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