Sha+Shen+and+Mai+Men+Dong+Herbal+Combination

Sweet, Slightly Bitter Sweet, Slightly Bitter LU, HT, ST ||
 * ===Sha Shen=== || ===Mai Men Dong=== ||
 * **Cool**
 * LU**, ST || Slightly Cold
 * Functions: Clear heat and Nourish Yin for the Lung; Produce body fluid for the Stomach. Generates Fluid. Dissolves Phlegm. Helps moisten the surface

Indications: 1. Dry cough or cough w/ bleeding, hoarse voice due to heat in the Lung w/ Yin deficiency. Can help with dry skin, esp. when worse w/ cold weather 2.Thirst, dry mouth, red tongue, hiccup, stomachache, poor appetite due to Stomach Yin deficiency || Functions: Moisten the Lung and nourish Yin; Produce body fluid for the Stomach; Clear heat from the Heart for easing restlessness and irritability

Indications: Dry cough or cough w/ bleeding due to heat in the Lung w/ Yin deficiency 2. Dry mouth and thirst, constipation due to Yin deficiency in the Stomach [Nourishes Yin of HT, LU, SP, ST] 3. Restlessness and insomnia due to heat in the heart w/ Yin deficiency or heat in the nutritive level [worse at night] ||
 * 10-15g. || 6-15g. ||

Properties when Combined:
Sha Shen: cooling, sweet, slghtly bitter. dredges the Lungs, helps vent pathogens to the exterior (bensky) Mai Men Dong: sweet, cooling, enters LU and ST Combines to nourish Yin by generating fluids

Both nourish Yin and produce body fluids and its action is potentiated when they are used together"nourishes Lung and "Stomach Yin, promote body fluids, and moisten dryness" (John Chen) "Both also help to clear heat and dryness" (John Chen) - deficiency heat, not excessive, mildly so

Major Indications of Combination:
1. Cough due to Lung Yin deficiency 2. Stomach Yin deficiency giving rise to thirst, an empty and uncomfortable sensation in the Stomach and dull burning pain in the epigastrium 3. Lung and Stomach heat with consumption of body fluids (Diabetes), with symptoms of a desire to drink large quantities and lose weight

Bensky - Injury of the Lungs, Stomach and fluids from dryness Dry throat, thirst, fever, a hacking cough w/ scanty sputum, red tongue w/ little coating

middle or later stages of chronic tuberculosis (yue hua wan)

if significant heat w/ bleeding use Bai Mao Gen and if Yin is injured by heat and dryness presents you can still use these herbs Ban Xia may be combined

Dose: 15-30g., for severe yin def. large dose is necessary may be a little greasy, esp. Mai Men Dong

Formulas: Sha Shen Mai Men Dong Tang, Yue Hua Yan