Shengmai Wan (simplified Chinese: 生脉丸; traditional Chinese: 生脈丸) is a brown pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "replenish qi, restore normal pulse, nourish yin and promote the production of body fluids".[1] It is aromatic and tastes sour, sweet and slightly bitter. It is used where there is "deficiency of qi and yin marked by cardiac palpitation, shortness of breath, scarcely perceptible pulse and spontaneous sweating".[2]
Chinese classic herbal formula edit
| Name | Chinese (S) | Grams |
|---|---|---|
| Radix Ginseng | 人参 | 100 |
| Radix Ophiopogonis | 麦冬 | 200 |
| Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis seu Fructus Schisandrae Sphenantherae | 五味子 | 100 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.
- ^ Zuo Yanfu, Zhu Zhongbao, Huang Yuezhong, Tao Jinweng, Li Zhaoguo. "Science of Prescriptions", Publishing House of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 2002. ISBN 7-81010-650-3.