Ma+Huang+(Ephedra)

**[[image:MaHuanglg.jpg width="254" height="370" align="right"]]Ma Huang** (Ephedra) [“Hemp Yellow”]
Category: Warm Herbs that Release the Exterior Nature: Warm Flavor: acrid, slightly bitter Channels: LU, UB

Functions: promotes sweats and relieve exterior, relieve asthma, promote urination Ind: 1. **ext. syndrome due to wind-cold**, such as fever, aversion to cold, headache, body ache, nasal congestion, no sweating, superficial& tight pulse 2. **Cough or asthma** caused by obstruction of qi in the lung due to invasion of wind-cold 3. Edema w/ ext. syndrome
 * wheezing, sweating, promotes urination**

Dose 1.5-10g. Contra: spontaneous sweats due to deficiency of wei qi, night sweats due to yin deficiency and asthma due to failure of the kidney to grasp qi

Formulas Featuring Ma Huang
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