Sheng Mai Yin/Pian (生脉饮/片)

Today we shall discuss one of more typical Chinese medical prescription involving the Radix Ginseng 人参. Traditional prescription for the Sheng Mai Yin/Pian (生脉饮/片) contains the following herbs:-

1. Ren Shen (人参)
2. Mai Dong (麦冬)
3. Wu Wei Zi (五味子)

The medical effects of this prescription are replenishing Qi, promoting generation of body fluid, astringing yin and ceasing sweating. It is used for syndrome of impairment of both Qi and body fluid caused by profuse sweating due to summer heat.

The clinical manifestations are general debility, shortness of breath, spontaneous perspiration, dry mouth and tongue a feeble and rapid pulse of a feeble and thread pulse.

Ren Shen (人参) is typically an expensive and rare herb. To use Ren Shen (人参) in the todays' prescription of Sheng Mai Yin/Pian (生脉饮/片) would be costly and therefore in the prescription of Sheng Mai Yin/Pian (生脉饮/片) the Radix Codonopsis 党参 is normally use in place of the Radix Ginseng 人参 instead.

Therefore a typcally prescription Sheng Mai Yin/Pian (生脉饮/片) would look like this: -

1. Dang Shen (党参)
2. Mai Dong (麦冬)
3. Wu Wei Zi (五味子)