Sheng Ma
| Sheng Ma in TCM:Explore the properties of Sheng Ma according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: cimicifuga, large trifoliolious bugbane rhizome, dahurian bugbane rhizome, skunk bugbane rhizome
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Cimicifugae
Properties: acrid, sweet, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: LU, LI, ST, SP
Flavors: sweet, pungent
Special Properties:
clears heat, eliminates toxins, disperses wind
Actions / Indications:
- Strongly Raises SP Yang (shortness of breath, fatigue, prolapse
of organs due to SP yang qi sinking, acts as an upward guiding herb)
- Release exterior; vents measles (fever, itching,
external wind-heat headache, sore throat or early stage measles)
- Clears toxic heat (fire toxin in upper portion of
body, particularly in mouth and throat: toothache, red swollen painful
gums, lip ulcers, canker sores, painful swollen throat)
- (cc: heat due to yin deficiency, Liver yang rising, upper excess and
lower deficiency)
- (cc: fully erupted measles)
Special Notes:
- 3 herbs commonly combined to treat prolapse of internal organs are
Sheng Ma, Chai Hu, and Ge
Gen. A comparison of Ge Gen, Chai Hu, and Sheng
Ma reveals that Ge Gen is weakest to lift SP
yang while Sheng Ma is strongest to lift
SP yang.
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