Ma Huang
麻黃 má huáng, "hemp yellow"

Category:

Release the Exterior (Diaphoretics)

Warm Acrid Herbs that Release Exterior

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Acrid , Slightly Bitter		Dosage: 2-9g

	Cautions: If the dose is too high, or with prolonged use - causes sweating and weakens the body; May raise blood pressure or cause restlessness and insomnia; Caution in cases of deficiency with sweating or wheezing. avoid use during Pregnancy		Meridians: Lung , Urinary Bladder
	Preparation: • Boil first and then remove foam before adding other ingredients • Cotton • Stir fried • Honey toasted		Quality: Good quality - light or yellowish green stems with a dark reddish center. The taste is bitter and astringent. The stem must be intact.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (Revised edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (36) dà qīng lóng tāng (Major Bluegreen Dragon Decoction) diē dǎ wán (Trauma Pill) dìng chuǎn tāng (Arrest Wheezing Decoction) fáng fēng tōng shèng sǎn (Ledebouriella Powder that Sagely Unblocks) gé gēn jiā bàn xià tāng (Kudzu Decoction plus Pinellia) gé gēn tāng (Kudzu Decoction) guì zhī èr yuè bì yī tāng (Two Parts Cinnamon Twig Decoction and One Part Maidservant from Yue Decoction) guì zhī mà huáng gé bàn tāng ( Combined Cinnamon Twig and Ephedra Decoction) huá gài sǎn (Canopy Powder) huó rén cōng chǐ tāng (Scallion and Prepared Soybean Decoction from Book to Safeguard Life) má huáng fù zǐ gān cǎo tāng (Ephedra, Prepared Aconite and Licorice Decoction) má huáng jiā zhú tāng (Ephedra Decoction plus Atractylodis) má huáng tāng (Ephedra Decoction) má huáng xì xīn fù zǐ tāng (Ephedra Asarum and Prepared Aconite Decoction) má xìng shí gān tāng (Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Gypsum and Licorice Deco) Má Xìng Yǐ Gān Tāng (Ephedra Apricot Kernel Coicis and Licorice Decocti) qū fēng zhì bǎo dān (Greatest Treasure Special Pill to Dispel Wind) sān ǎo tāng (Three-Unbinding Decoction) sān huáng shí gāo tāng (Three-Yellows and Gypsum Decoction) shè gān má huáng tāng (Belamcanda and Ephedra Decoction) shén mì tāng (Mysterious Decoction) shí gaō tāng (Gypsum Decoction) wēi ruí tāng (Polygonatum Odoratum Decoction) wǔ hǔ tāng (Five Tiger Decoction) wǔ jī sǎn (Five Accumulation Powder) wū tóu tāng (Aconite Decoction) wū yào shùn qì sǎn (Lindera Powder to Smooth the Flow of Qi) xiǎo qīng lóng jiā shí gāo tāng (Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction plus Gypsum) xiǎo qīng lóng tāng (Minor Blue-green Dragon Decoction) xiǎo xù mìng tāng (Minor Prolong Life Decoction) xù mìng tāng (Prolong Life Decoction) yáng hé tāng (Yang-Heartening Decoction) yì yǐ rén tāng (Coicis Decoction from the Enlightened Physicians) yùe bì jiā zhú tāng (Maidservant from Yue Decoction Plus Atractylodes) yùe bì tāng (Maidservant from Yue Decoction) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo tāng (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Decoction)

Family:

Ephedraceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Herba Ephedrae

Botanical: Ephedra Sinica Stapf., E. equiaetina Bunge

Japanese: maō

Korean: mahwang

Common: ephedra stem

Temperature: Warm

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Induces sweating 1 comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) releases the exterior 1 comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Facilitates the movement of Lung Qi (Stops cough and wheezing) add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Promotes urination and Reduces edema add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Warms and disperses Cold pathogens add comment

	+2 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Chills and no sweating 1 comment

	+2 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Cough add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Wheezing and coughing add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Edema with exterior condition add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Wind-damp painful obstruction with deep rooted toxic sores add comment

	+1 Joey Mann Wind Cold add comment

	+1 Feng Mei (麻黃, hemp yellow) Ma Huang is not good for hypertension, irregular heart beat, Yin deficiency sweating and Qi deficiency cough person. add comment

Ma Huang麻黃 má huáng, "hemp yellow"

Ma Huang
麻黃 má huáng, "hemp yellow"