Sheng Ma Granules

SKU	BPG525
Brand	Blue Poppy Granules - Single Herbs
Unit Size	100g
Potency	5:1
Taste	sweet, acrid
Properties	slightly cold
Contraindications	Because this herb has an ascending, floating nature, it should not be used whenever there is floating yang with yin deficiency, wheezing and fullness in the chest with a sense of qi rebelling upward, or for measles aftern the rash has been expressed. - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology	Measles; Headache; Sore teeth, swollen gums, painful gums, ulcerated lips or gums, canker sores, painful throat, swollen throat; Shortness of breath, fatigue, prolapse; Girdle vessel spasm - Bensky
Actions	Raises yang qi, disperses heat, resolves toxicity
Pattern	Wind-heat; Middle qi deficiency; Fire toxin - Bensky
Channels Entered	Large Intestine, Lung, Spleen, Stomach - Besnky
Branch	Lung, Large Intestine, Stomach, Spleen
English name	Black Cohosh Rhizome; cimicifuga dahuria

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Description	Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed. Discharges exterior conditions and vents measles: for headache due to exterior wind-heat or the early stages of measles.* Clears heat and resolves toxicity: for various manifestations of fire toxin in the upper or superficial aspects of the body. It is commonly used for sore teeth, swollen or painful gums, ulcerated lips or gums, canker sores, painful and swollen throat, sores, or maculae from warm-heat pathogen diseases.* Raises the yang and lifts what has sunken: for middle qi deficiency leading to such symptoms as shortness of breath, fatigue, and prolapse. Also used for Girdle vessel spasm and as a messenger to guide the effect of other herbs upward.*