Ma+Huang+and+Bai+Zhu+Herbal+Combination

Acrid, slightly bitter LU, UB || Warm Sweet, Bitter SP, ST ||
 * ===Ma Huang=== || ===Bai Zhu=== ||
 * Warm
 * Functions: promotes sweats and relieve exterior, relieve asthma, promote urination**; wheezing, sweating, promotes 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 || Functions: **Tonify Spleen Qi**; Dry damp & promote urination; stop sweats; **calm fetus**

Indications: 1. **Distention in the epigastric region & abdomen**, poor appetite, fatigue due to Spleen Qi deficiency 2. Edema, difficult urination, cough, nausea, vomiting, dizziness due to Spleen deficiency, leading to **retention of damp & water [Dry dampness & regulate water metabolism]** 3. Sweats due to Spleen Qi deficiency, leading to failure of the defensive Qi to control pores on the skin 4. Threatened miscarriage due to Spleen Qi deficiency ||
 * 1.5-10g. || 3515g. ||

Properties when Combined:
induces sweating, releases the exterior, disperses cold, and dispels dampness

Major Indications of Combination:
bai zhu for pronounced body aches with irritability due to damp cold in the exterior or invasion of wind-dampness in patients with chronic dampness, usually due to Spleen deficiency (Bensky) "bai zhu is added to dry dampness, relieve the aches and pains and dispel the sensation of heaviness caused by cold and dampness" (Chen)

Formulas in which this Combination is Used:
Ma huang jia zhu tang