Sheng Ma is a medicinal herb that has the effects of promoting eruption, detoxifying, and lifting the sinking Yang energy. It can be used to treat symptoms such as headaches, fever, childhood rashes, wheezing with cough, chronic diarrhea, and cold feet in cases of impotence. Let's learn more about the efficacy and function of Sheng Ma!
【Efficacy and Function of Sheng Ma】
1. Promoting eruption
It is used in the early stage of measles to promote the eruption of the rash. It is often used in combination with Ge Gen to enhance the eruption-promoting effect.
2. Clearing heat and detoxifying
Sheng Ma is good at clearing heat and toxins in the Yangming meridian. It is used for symptoms such as toothache due to stomach heat, mouth ulcers, and itchy skin rashes. It can be combined with Shi Gao, Huang Lian, and other herbs, such as in the formula Qing Wei San.
3. Lifting the sinking Yang energy
It is used for symptoms of deficient Qi and fatigue due to sinking of the Spleen and Stomach, such as diarrhea, prolapse of the anus, and uterine prolapse. It is often used in combination with Chai Hu, Ren Shen, Huang Qi, and other herbs.
【Methods of Consumption】
1. Tea substitute
Take 3g of Sheng Ma, 10g each of Rou Cong Rong and Gua Lou Ren, 6g of fried Zhi Ke, 3g of Yu Li Ren, 10g each of Huai Niu Xi and Huo Ma Ren. Boil all these herbs with water, drink it while warm, twice a day, to promote bowel movement.
2. Decoction
Take 3g each of Sheng Ma and Chai Hu, 15g of Dang Shen, 20g of Huang Qi, 5g of fresh ginger, and 5 jujubes (pitted). Boil them twice with water, combine the two decoctions, and take it once in the morning, noon, and evening. This formula is used to treat stomach prolapse.
3. Soup
Take 10g each of Sheng Ma and Zhi Shi, 20g of Huang Qi, 200g of rabbit meat, and appropriate amounts of green onion, ginger, cooking wine, and salt. Put all the herbs in a cheesecloth bag, and put it in the pot with the rabbit meat. Boil it with water, remove the residue, and season it before consuming.
【Applications of Sheng Ma in Prescriptions】
- Treatment of mouth ulcers: Sheng Ma, Huang Bai, and Da Qing. These three herbs should be cut and boiled in water for gargling. It has a cooling effect and can stop the bleeding. (Quoted from "Wai Tai" from "Ji Yan Fang")
- Treatment of exposed teeth due to wind: 30g each of Sheng Ma and Bai Fu Zi (fried and cracked). These two herbs should be ground into a powder and mixed with fresh Di Huang juice. Apply it to the roots of the teeth, and it will take effect immediately. (From "Sheng Hui Fang" Chuan Sheng Ma San)
- Treatment of sudden swelling and pain in the throat, inability to swallow saliva, and heat-clearing and Qi-descending: Mix 6g of raw Ye Gan juice, 30g of Dang Gui, 30g of Sheng Ma, and 0.9g of Gan Cao. Crush these four ingredients and make them into pills with Ye Gan juice. Wrap them in cotton and swallow the juice slightly. Take it three times a day. (Quoted from "Yi Xin Fang" from Monk Shen Sheng Ma Han Wan)
- Treatment of hematuria in children: Take 1.5g of Sheng Ma, boil it with five times the amount of water, and reduce it to one-fifth. Give it to a one-year-old child to take in one day. (Quoted from "Gang Mu" from "Yao He Zhong Xiao Er Fang")
- Treatment of sudden swelling and pain: Grind Sheng Ma into vinegar and apply it frequently. (From "Zhou Hou Fang")
