Traditional Chinese Medicine/Sheng Ma

Name Means:
 * Sheng-Ascending
 * Ma-Hemp

English Name:
 * cimicifuga rhizome
 * bugbane rhizome
 * black cohosh rhizome

Chinese Name:
 * 升麻 (Pinyin: shēng má)

Latin Name:
 * Rhizoma Cimicifugae

Taste & Temperature:
 * ../Xin-Spicy/
 * ../Gan-Sweet/
 * ../Liang-Cool/

Channels:
 * Hand Tai Yin of Lung
 * Hand Yang Ming of Large Intestine
 * Foot Tai Yin of Spleen
 * Foot Yang Ming of Stomach

Actions & Indications:
 * disperse Wind-Heat (Spicy & Cool)
 * raise Yang Qi
 * lower or sink the qi in the Middle Jiao
 * clear heat & detoxify
 * release rashes

Contraindication:
 * Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating
 * Yin deficiency with Heat
 * upper excess & lower deficiency
 * fully-erupted measles
 * difficulty in breathing

Caution:
 * Yin deficiency
 * Blood deficiency
 * chronic skin infection

Dosage:
 * .5-3 qian (1.5-9 grams)

back to:
 * ../Xin Liang Jie Biao/
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/