Ginseng, Ophiopogon and Schisandra are a famous formula - Sheng Vein Drink (生脉飲), which is believed by some to be from "Dialectics of Internal and External Injuries", and by others to be from "Thousand Golden Formulas" by the Divine Physician Sun Simiao, but we are not going to talk about that today, we are going to talk about its benefits, why it is called Sheng Vein Drink, which is said to be " Because it has the effect of pulse drink, can make the dying blood to regain vitality" said. We are familiar with ginseng, but we may not know much about maitake and schizandra.

poor man's ginseng (Panax ginseng)

As you know, ginseng on the one hand can replenish qi, which is suitable for people with deficiency of vital energy, shortness of qi and fatigue in heavy sweating, heavy diarrhea, heavy loss of blood, or heavy or prolonged illness. On the other hand, it can replenish the lungs, which can improve shortness of breath, shortness of breath, lazy speech and faint voice and other people with lung deficiency and decline.

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Maitake may be known to relatively few people, if the regular health care people may be exposed to.Maitake is aThe rhizome of the grass, some health practitioners often brew maitake to drink.

About maitre d':

As early as in the "Shennong Ben Cao Jing" will be listed as maitong nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs of the top grade, said its "long service light body, not old and not hungry". The "Materia Medica" says that maitong is "sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly cold. Moistening the lungs and clearing the heart, diarrhea heat to generate fluids, phlegm to stop vomiting, coughing and water". Medicine Zhongzhong Ganshi Lu (《医学衷中参西錄》) says it: "can enter the stomach to nourish gastric fluid, appetizing and eating, and can enter the spleen to help the spleen dispersing essence in the lungs and fixing asthma and suppressing coughs." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that maitake is sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold in nature, to the stomach, lung, heart meridian, have nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, benefit the stomach to produce fluids, clearing the heart in addition to the effect of annoyance, used for dry lung dry cough, yin deficiency and consumptive cough, paralysis of the throat, sore throat, fluids hurt thirst, internal heat and thirst, insomnia, intestinal dryness, constipation and other diseases.

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Schisandra chinensis main effects: astringent, astringent, benefiting vital energy, tonifying the kidney and tranquilizing the heart. It is suitable for prolonged coughing and asthma, dreaming and spermatorrhea, frequent urination, prolonged diarrhea, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, thirst, internal heat and thirst, palpitation and insomnia.

This schizandra also has the South Schizandra and North Schizandra points, it is said to be the North Schizandra than the South Schizandra excellent. Although it is called schizandra, but do not misunderstand that he has five flavors, "Diffractive Supplement to the Materia Medica" said: "Schizandra, now called the five flavors, the real is not yet known to its great ability to collect the lungs, it is appropriate to have a tonic effect on the kidneys, to collect the lungs is not in addition to the heat? Nourish the kidney is not warm hands dirty? Eating more than to the virtual heat, cover the kidney of the sudden also, why confused? Hot cough must be used." The flavor of schizandra is sour, its sour taste is also into the medicine such as the fundamental, "Typhoid Fever," said: "the lungs want to collect, urgent food acid to collect. Paeonia lactiflora, schizandra of acid, to collect the rebellious gas and anovo".

There are many other records about the use of schizandra in medicine, but its use in medicine is also similar. Today, we are mainly interested in the Sheng Wei Drink, which is mainly used to benefit the vital energy and promote the production of body fluid.

Effects of Shengmai Drink

The water infusion of maitake, ginseng and schizandra we introduced earlier is known as Shengmai Drink. It has the efficacy of benefiting qi, nourishing yin and generating fluids, and is mainly used for qi and yin deficiency, palpitations and shortness of breath, and spontaneous sweating. After reading this you may also want to try it, but be dissuaded by ginseng, don't worry! You may want to try to use American ginseng can also have good results, in fact, different ginseng quality varies, but the general soaking water to drink with not too expensive, American ginseng is good, and then do not help with the party ginseng also have good results.

Just because the combination of the above three drugs need to pay attention to the weak spleen and stomach, vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal distension and loose stools, cough and phlegm should not be used with caution, and should not be taken by people who have a cold.

all in all

Taking care of our health in general and making some health teas might be good for conditioning our bodies, but I'll give you two suggestions:

First, do not overly rely on drugs to the body to regulate, unless it is necessary to use the case, after all, is a drug three poisons, and then good drugs are not recommended for long-term use, it is best to be able to regulate under the guidance of a professional doctor.

Secondly, health is not just bubble health tea can be, want to be healthy we also need to pay attention to the diet with conditioning, but also pay attention to appropriate physical exercise, as well as emotional conditioning, these are indispensable.

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Let's take a look at what each of these three remedies does

I. Maitake

"Maitreya: The dried tuberous root of Maitake, family Liliaceae.

TraitsIt is fusiform, slightly pointed at both ends, 1.5-3cm long, 0.3-0.6cm in diameter, with a yellowish or grayish-yellow surface and fine longitudinal lines. The texture is pliable, the section is yellowish white, translucent, and the center column is tiny. Gas slightly fragrant, taste sweet, slightly bitter.

Main Ingredients: Total saponins of Ophiopogon.

Drinking TabletsThe shape is like maitake, or a flat fusiform piece. The surface is light yellow or gray-yellow, with fine longitudinal lines. The texture is flexible, the section is yellowish-white, translucent, and the center column is small. Gas slightly fragrant, taste sweet, slightly bitter.

Sexual Flavor and MeridianSweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold. Attributed to the heart, lung and stomach meridians.

Functions and Indications:Nourishing Yin and promoting the production of body fluid, moistening the lung and clearing the heart. Used for dry lung and dry cough, cough with deficiency of yin, paralyzed throat and sore throat, thirst due to injury of fluid, internal heat and thirst, heartburn and insomnia, intestinal dryness and constipation.

Usage and Dosage: 6~12g.

Storage:Keep in a cool and dry place, protect from moisture.

II. Ginseng

Ginseng: The dried roots and rhizomes of the plant of the family Pentaphyllaceae. Mostly dug in the fall, washed and dried in the sun or dried. Cultivated ginseng is commonly known as "garden ginseng"; those sown and grown naturally in the wild in mountain forests are known as "forest ginseng", or "seed sea".

TraitsThe main root is fusiform or cylindrical, 3-15 cm long and 1-2 cm in diameter, with a grayish-yellow surface, sparsely interrupted coarse transverse lines and obvious longitudinal wrinkles in the upper part or the whole body, and 2-3 branched roots in the lower part, bearing most slender fibrous roots, which often have inconspicuous tiny wart-like protrusions. The rhizome (reed head) is 1~4 cm long, 0.3~1.5 cm in diameter, much constrained and curved, with adventitious roots (艼) and sparse concave fossa-like stem scars (reed bowl). The texture is hard, the cross-section is yellowish-white and powdery, the formation layer is brownish-yellow, and there are yellowish-brown dotted resin tracts and radial fissures in the cortex. Aroma peculiar, taste slightly bitter, sweet.

Ginseng TabletsThin circular or orbicular-like sheets. Outer epidermis grayish yellow. The cut surface is yellowish white or off-white, powdery, with brownish-yellow rings, yellowish-brown dotted resin tracts and radiolucent fissures in the cortex. Light, brittle. Aroma peculiar, taste slightly bitter, sweet.

Main IngredientsGinsenoside Rg1 and ginsenoside Re and ginsenoside Rb1.

The Book of ReturnsAttributed to the spleen, lung, heart and kidney meridians.

Functions and IndicationsIt replenishes vital energy, restores the veins, nourishes the spleen and lungs, generates fluids and nourishes blood, and calms the mind. It is used in treating deficiency of body, cold limbs and weak pulse, deficiency of spleen with little food, deficiency of lung with asthma and cough, thirst with fluid injury, thirst with internal heat, deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency and winnings of prolonged illness, palpitation and insomnia, impotence and coldness of the uterus.

Dosage and AdministrationIt can be taken as follows: 3~9g, another decoction to be taken; or powdered and swallowed, 2g once, twice a day.

The Note: It should not be used in conjunction with quinine and wulin.

Storage: Keep in a cool and dry place, airtight and protected from moths.

III. Schisandra

Schizandra: The dried mature fruit of Schisandra chinensis, family Magnoliaceae. Usually called "northern schizandra". Picked in the fall when the fruit is ripe, dried in the sun or steamed and dried, remove the fruit stalks and impurities.

TraitsIt is irregularly spherical or oblate, with a red, purplish or dark red surface, wrinkled and oily. Some surfaces are black-red or appear "white bar". Flesh soft, 1~2 seeds, kidney-shaped, brownish-yellow surface, glossy, thin and brittle seed coat. Fruit flesh gas slightly, taste sour. After the seeds are crushed, they have an aroma and a pungent, slightly bitter flavor.

Main Ingredients: Schisandrin A.

Sexual Flavor and Meridian: Sour, sweet, warm. Attributed to the lung, heart and kidney meridians.

Functions and IndicationsAstringent and astringent, benefiting the vital energy and promoting the production of fluid, tonifying the kidney and tranquilizing the heart. Used for prolonged coughing and asthma, dreaming and spermatorrhea, frequent urination, prolonged diarrhea, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, thirst, internal heat and thirst, palpitation and insomnia.

Usage and Dosage: 2~6g.

Storage:Place in a ventilated dry place to prevent mold.

Ophiopogon, Ginseng, SchisandraThe composition of the three flavors of the medicine is the same as that of theShengmai DrinkThe composition is essentially the same, the only difference being that theShengmai DrinkYes.Red ginseng.in that casepoor man's ginseng (Panax ginseng)What are the basic characteristics of the traits and the effects?

Red Ginseng: Cultivated, steamed and dried roots and rhizomes of ginseng, family Wujiaceae. It is harvested in the fall, washed, steamed, and dried.

TraitsThe main root is fusiform, compressed cylindrical or cylindrical, 3-10 cm long, 1-2 cm in diameter, with a translucent, reddish-octagonal surface, occasional opaque dark brown patches, with longitudinal grooves, wrinkles, and fine root scars; the upper part is sometimes with intermittent inconspicuous annular lines, and the lower part has branched roots with 2-3 twisted and crossed branched roots with curved fibrous roots or only fibrous root stumps. Rootstock (reed head) 1~2 cm long, with several fovea-like stem scars (reed bowl), some with 1~2 complete or broken adventitious roots (艼). The texture is hard and brittle, the section is flat and horny. Gas slightly fragrant and peculiar, taste sweet, slightly bitter.

Red Ginseng TabletsThe skin of the plant is reddish-brown, translucent, and has a thin, rounded or oval shape. The outer epidermis is reddish brown and translucent. The cut surface is flat and horny. Hard and brittle. Gas slightly fragrant and special, taste sweet, slightly bitter.

Functions and Indications: Tonifying the vital energy, restoring the veins and fixing loss of blood, benefiting qi and blood ingestion. It is used in treating deficiency, cold limbs and weak pulse, failure of qi to take in blood, and bleeding from disintegration and leakage.

What is the difference between red ginseng and ginseng?

In other words: red ginseng is a processed product of ginseng that has been shelled (steamed).

So why not just use ginseng instead of red ginseng? This has to be said in terms of the need for the entire prescription. Ginseng is dry in nature, and after processing and steaming, the dryness of ginseng has been reduced, and its efficacy has been changed to red ginseng, which is more suitable for tonifying blood. That is to say, compared with ginseng, red ginseng is milder in nature, which is more in line with the needs of the whole formula, which is to benefit the vital energy, restore the pulse, nourish Yin and promote the production of body fluid.

The Shengmai Drink:It is effective in benefiting Qi and restoring the pulse, nourishing Yin and promoting the production of body fluid. It is used in treating deficiency of qi and yin, palpitation and shortness of breath, slight pulse and spontaneous sweating.Sheng Pulse DrinkIndications for medication:

1. Topography: The form is much thinner, the face is pale, or white, or yellowish and bland.

2, Symptoms：

(1) Tiredness and fatigue of the peripheral body and drowsiness of the mind;

(ii) Palpitations, shortness of breath, chest tightness and breath-holding, or asthma;

(iii) Self-sweating, or profuse sweating;

④ Dry mouth, thirst for drink, and nosebleed;

⑤ Restless sleep at night, disturbed and dreamy, forgetfulness.

tongue elephant (extinct, Canis lupus dirus): The tongue is thin and reddish, with thin white moss, or little moss, or moss is white and dry with little fluid.

condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine): Fine and weak, or weak and knotty, or floating and weak.

Indications for the use of "Shengqin Drink":

1, internal diseases: heat stroke, hypokalemia, viral myocarditis, coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias, chronic heart failure, chronic bronchitis, asthma, insomnia, diabetes mellitus, a variety of infectious diseases after hyperthermia body weakness, there is a role in liver and enzyme.

2. Gynecological diseases: menopausal syndrome, postpartum weakness, etc.

3. Pentacameral diseases: nosebleeds.

4, pediatric diseases: pediatric vomiting and diarrhea after the weakness of self-sweating, asthma.

The synergistic effect of Shengqin Drink with other medicines includes：

(1) Insomnia, panic, fatigue, heavy menstruation, or easy ecchymosis under the skin, can be used with Ginseng Spleen Pill.

② Menopausal hot flashes and sweating, heartburn and chest tightness, insomnia, shoulder tightness, and irritability, can be used with Jiawei Yiqiu Wan or Yiqiu Wan.

(iii) Extreme fatigue, tiredness and laziness, dizziness, low blood pressure, can be used with tonifying Zhong Yi Qi pill.

④ Chronic prostatitis and diabetes mellitus in the elderly, with excessive nocturia, or unfavorable urination, or excessive urination, and lumbago and knee weakness, can be used with Gui Fu Di Huang Wan.

⑤ Cough, white sputum, diarrhea, excessive sweating, thirst, can be used with Xiangsha Liujun Wan or Sen Ling Bai Zhu Wan.

Caveats:

(1) It is not suitable for those with excessive sweating, irritable heat and thirst, desire for cold drinks, dark face, cold back, and flooding pulse.

② Severe pain in the precordial region, pale face,. Shortness of breath and cold sweat should not be used.

(3) Excessive sweating. It is not suitable for those who have no warmth in the limbs, do not want to eat cold food, have abdominal pain when eating, and have a pale, dark and moist tongue.

④Insomnia, easy to scare, nightmares, thick tongue should not be used.

⑤ It should not be used with other preparations containing wulingzhi, lihulu, and saponaria. Because it violates the contraindications of Chinese medicines for compounding. You should also not drink alcohol when taking this medicine. See the instructions for the rest in detail.

Maitake, ginseng and schizandra together is one of the favorite pairings used by the eunuchs of the Qing Dynasty, and it is a tonic that can be drunk in summer as well. But many people do not know how to soak, missed a very important step, the flavor is not good, the effect is also much worse.

A tonic you can drink even in summer

Ophiopogon, ginseng and schizandra is a famous formula called Shengwei San (Drink). It is believed to be from the "Discussion of Internal and External Injuries" by Li Gao, one of the "Four Great Masters of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties", or from the "Thousand Gold Formula" by Sun Simiao, the King of Medicine, or from the "Medical Qiyuan" by Zhang Element of the Jin Dynasty.

Although the source is uncertain, the effect of the action is quite certain. Sheng Wei Drink has the effect of benefiting qi and nourishing yin, and is suitable for those with qi and yin deficiency.

Summer heat and high temperature, sweat more, the body is dehydrated, need to timely hydration. But drinking plain water is not enough, because the body needs fluid, not plain water, so sometimes drinking plain water does not quench the thirst. Drinking water also does not quench the thirst, you have to add some nourishing yin and Jin things, in order to really quench the thirst.

"Gas with the Jin leakage", sweating at the same time, the body's gas will follow the "leakage" out, so the summer sweating more, often make people weak and weak. Therefore, in addition to replenish the fluid, but also need to replenish the gas.

Sheng Wei Drink is beneficial to Qi and Yin, which is just right for summer.

Qing Dynasty doctors loved to use Sheng Vein San

According to the medical records of the Qing Palace, when several emperors were seriously ill, the eunuchs used the Shengmanshan (drink).

Such as Qianlong sixty-four years in the first month of the third d positive moment, the doctor Xu Jingyun, Sha Weiyi please get the emperor (at that time, Qianlong has been the emperor), "high gas deficiency", into the pulse of San plus or minus, ginseng for the monarch of the drug, the amount of up to six money.

Tongzhi thirteen years early December 5 Shen moment, Tongzhi Emperor is seriously ill, the doctor "Li Deli, Zhuang Shouhe please get the Emperor's six veins scattered micro-rootless. ...... urgently with a patch of pulse drink to try to regulate. Goryeo ginseng, maitake, schizandra, decoction of water warm service."

Guangxu thirty-four years (1908 AD) December 21st day quarter, Guangxu is seriously ill, the last generation of the Imperial Hospital hospital hospital minister Zhang Zhongyuan, the Imperial Doctor Quanshun, Zhongxun, "...... I would like to reluctantly draw up a raw vein drink, in order to exhaust the blood enthusiasm. Ginseng, Ophiopogon, schizandra, water decoction irrigation service."

Modern Research on Shengmai Drink

China's national science and technology management department had "Shengmusan comprehensive research" included in the sixth five-year plan in the science and technology research projects, by the Chinese University of Pharmacy, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Xiyuan Hospital, the Ministry of Health Biological Products Inspection and Certification Institute, Beijing Medical University, West China University of Medical Sciences and other joint research to complete.

The research results confirm that Shengmusan on animal cardiac perfusion whole heart ischemia model experiments proved that the three drugs alone is not effective, the combination of effective, can increase the experimental animals myocardial nutrition blood flow, and the safety factor is large.

How should I drink the Raw Vein Drink?

• 1、Selection of materials

For ginseng, white ginseng, i.e. raw sun-dried ginseng, is usually chosen. For those who are weak in yang and afraid of cold, they can replace it with red ginseng, and for those who are weak in heat, they can replace it with western ginseng. As a daily health tea for ordinary people, replacing ginseng with Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng is more peaceful in nature.

Maitong, the most authentic zhejiang maitong and chuan maitong, zhejiang maitong long and thin, wrinkles, shriveled, not very good-looking, but the role of the effect is good; chuan maitong full, maitong varieties of face value is relatively high, the effect is good.

Fructus schisandrae is divided into north and south, produced in South China, North China, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places, known as the South Fructus schisandrae; produced in Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, known as the North Fructus schisandrae. Northern schizandra is used to nourish yin and tonify the heart and kidneys, while southern schizandra is used to astringe the lungs and stop coughs. Generally speaking, Bei Wu Wei Zi is superior to Nan Wu Wei Zi. Bei Wu Wei Zi should be chosen in Sheng Wei Drink.

• 2、Decoctions have to be careful

As a daily health tea, there is a tip to decoct the raw vein drink to get a better effect as well as a sweet and sour taste.

In addition to the three ingredients of Maitake, Codonopsis and Schisandra, there is also a hidden ingredient in Shengmai Drink.

Put maitake, ginseng and schizandra into a kettle, rinse briefly with water, add about 800ml of water, steep for 20 minutes, and select the "Flower Tea" button. Boil the tea, let it cool down to about 50℃-60℃, then mix in 2 spoons of honey and stir well.

The taste of schizandra is very sour, not suitable for daily tea, mix in honey, not only can harmonize the taste, honey itself also has the effect of nourishing yin, can make the effect of maitake, schizandra, Codonopsis pilosula play better.

Do not have time to decoct, directly put the thermos cup brewing can also be, drink before adding honey can be, but the effect is far from the decoction of good.

Who can't drink it?

Raw Vein Drink is a tonic that can be drunk even in summer, not only not afraid of fire, but also can help us better get through the difficult summer.

However, Sheng Vein Drink is after all a tonic, and is not suitable for consumption when there is phlegm-dampness obstruction, internal fire, or external diseases.

Sheng Vein Drink also does not need to drink for a long time, drink often in the summer, other seasons can drink occasionally.

concluding remarks

Ophiopogon, ginseng and schizandra, together known as Sheng Wei San (drink), are effective in benefiting qi and nourishing yin.

As a daily health tea drink, there are 2 other tips, replace ginseng with codonopsis and mix in honey before drinking.

Phlegm-damp, hot body and external diseases are not suitable for drinking Sheng Pulse Drink; ordinary people, you can drink it often in summer, and occasionally in other seasons.

Maitake, schizandra and ginseng (or red ginseng), which are three Chinese herbs combined with each other, are in fact the tonic "Shengqin Drink".

1. Effects of Pulse Sheng Drink

Sheng Wei Drink is effective in restoring vital energy, nourishing yin and generating body fluid. It is often used in treating deficiency of qi and yin, palpitation and shortness of breath, with slight pulse and spontaneous sweating. In this formula, Ophiopogon nourishes Yin and promotes the production of body fluid, moistening the lung and clearing the heart; Fructus Schisandrae chinensis promotes the production of Qi and promotes the production of body fluid, tonifying the kidney and calming the heart; Radix Panax Ginseng replenishes the vital energy, tonifies the spleen and benefits the lungs, promotes the production of body fluid and nourishes the blood, and calms the spirit.

2, red ginseng, ginseng difference

Some people may find that some Sheng Vein Drinks use red ginseng in them and some use ginseng, what is the difference between the two?

In fact, red ginseng and ginseng are both derived from ginseng, the difference lies in the method of preparation - ginseng is dried or sun-dried directly after harvesting, while red ginseng is dried after harvesting.steamingRe-drying. Steamed ginseng (i.e. red ginseng) is warmer than ginseng, so people with yang deficiency are better suited to use Sheng Wei Drink containing red ginseng, while people with more pronounced qi deficiency are better suited to use Sheng Wei Drink containing ginseng.

Ophiopogon, ginseng, schizandra these 3 herbs, in life is very common, so these 3 kinds of medicine used to brew water to drink in the end will have what effect?

In fact, as early as in the Tang Dynasty Sun Simiao among the "Thousand Golden Essentials" to record, maitake + ginseng + schizandra these three herbs, the composition is the ancestral recipe for pulse san, which is also known as Chinese medicine pulse formula.

If you want to know what these 3 will do when combined together, then you have to understand, the properties of each of these 3 herbs.

I. Maitreya:

Characteristics: Sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold. Attributes to the heart, lung and stomach meridians.

Effects: Nourishing Yin and moistening the lungs, benefiting the stomach and promoting the production of body fluid, clearing the mind and removing vexation.

(ii) Gomiko

Attributes: Sour, sweet, warm, goes to the lung, heart and kidney meridians.

Effects: Astringing the lungs and nourishing the kidneys, generating fluids and restraining perspiration, astringing the essence to stop diarrhea, and tranquilizing the mind.

III. Ginseng

Taste: sweet, slightly bitter, warm and flat in nature. Attributed to the spleen, lung and heart meridians. Nourishing qi, fixing defecation, generating fluids, tranquilizing the mind, and benefiting the intellect.

Therefore, when the 3 herbs are combined, it will help to calm the mind and sleep, and also treat conditions such as spontaneous sweating, panic and shortness of breath caused by qi deficiency, so it is especially suitable for those who suffer from spontaneous sweating, insomnia, and frequent dryness of the mouth and tongue.

Of course all medicines are poisonous, and it is important to consult with the relevant medical personnel before using them correctly.

First of all, let's first understand the main effects of these three medicines. Ophiopogon is sweet, slightly bitter and cold, and belongs to the lung, heart and stomach meridians. Its main effects include moistening the lungs, nourishing the yin, benefiting the stomach and promoting the production of fluids, clearing the heart and removing vexation, moistening the intestines and relaxing the bowels. Ginseng is sweet, slightly bitter, slightly warm, and belongs to the spleen and lung meridians. Its main effects include replenishing vital energy, tonifying the spleen, benefiting the lungs, promoting the production of body fluid, quenching thirst and calming the mind. Schisandra chinensis is sour in taste, warm in nature and belongs to the lung, kidney and heart meridians. Its main effect is to astringent, astringent, benefit the qi and promote the production of fluids, nourish the kidneys and tranquilize the heart. Therefore, the main effect of these three medicines together in water is to promote the generation of fluids to remove the annoyance, replenish the qi and tranquilize the spirit. The above only represents personal opinion. More health advice, welcome to pay attention to my WeChat public number: health pharmacist talk (sixiao2019)

Ophiopogon, ginseng and schizandra are all commonly used Chinese herbs, and these three herbs make up a very well-known formula called Sheng Vein Drink. This formula is suitable for acute febrile illnesses with injury to both qi and yin, and excessive sweating. In this formula, Ophiopogon belongs to the heart, lung and stomach meridians, and its function is mainly to moisten dryness and promote the production of fluids, treating the upper and middle jiao. Upper Jiao deficiency heat, stomach fire is strong, heat evil burns Jin, autumn dryness caused by external heat, thirst, coughing, coughing up blood, etc. can be used. Maitake is also suitable for intestinal fluid deficiency and constipation caused by yin deficiency and fire or evil heat. Ginseng belongs to the spleen and lung meridians, which can replenish vital energy and promote blood and fluid production, and can be used to treat weakness of the spleen and lungs, deficiency of qi and blood, and depletion of fluid, and can be used in acute deconditioning. Schisandra chinensis belongs to the lung and kidney meridians and has astringent effect. Any essence dissipation, slippage and other evidence can be used with tonic medicine, cough spermatorrhea of the lung and kidney deficiency is especially important medicine. The combination of the three medicines has an excellent tonic effect on those who are injured in both qi and yin.

The efficacy of drinking water with maitake, ginseng and schizandra is to benefit the qi, astringent sweating, and nourish the yin and pulse. For the elderly and weak patients due to qi and yin injury caused by tiredness sweating, shortness of breath, thirst, cough less phlegm, pulse to weak, easy to catch a cold have a good effect of tonic. In addition, for insomnia and forgetfulness, dizziness and tinnitus also has a good therapeutic effect, and hot weather drinking also has the effect of summer heat.

Maidenhair is a commonly used herb to nourish yin, and its benefits and effects are mainly:

First, clearing the heart and removing vexation, applicable to heart fever, internal heat disturbing the heart of the evidence, warm disease, evil heat into the camp, body heat at night, restlessness and other evidence. Heat injury to qi and yin, heartburn and thirst, sweating and body fatigue, deficiency of heart yin, restlessness and insomnia, red tongue with little moss.

Second, nourish yin and moisturize the lungs, yin deficiency and lung dryness, dry cough, dry cough, coughing up blood and so on.

Thirdly, it benefits the stomach and generates fluids, and is good at treating symptoms such as insufficient stomach yin and dry mouth. Maitake can also treat yin deficiency and intestinal dryness, constipation and other diseases.

Schisandra chinensis is the dried mature fruit of Schisandra chinensis, family Magnoliaceae, belongs to astringent lung and astringent medicine. It is sour, sweet and warm in nature, and belongs to lung, heart and kidney meridians. Clinically used in the treatment of chronic coughing and asthma, dreaming and spermatorrhea, urination, urinary frequency, prolonged diarrhea, spontaneous sweating and night sweating, internal heat and thirst, palpitations and insomnia. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Schisandra chinensis has hepatoprotective, sedative, hypnotic, anticonvulsant, cardio-protective effects.

Ginseng, Ophiopogon, and Schisandra are the three herbs in the famous formula Shengmai Drink (生脉飲) from Sun Simiao (孙思邈)'s "Thousand Golden Prescriptions" (千金要方) from the Tang Dynasty. It is also known as "Shengmusan" from "Qiyuan" (The Origin of Medicine), and has the function of benefiting the qi and restoring the pulse, nourishing yin and generating fluids. The Jin Dynasty physician Zhang Elemental Yun: "Ophiopogon is cold, slightly bitter and sweet in taste, and is used to treat the fire in the lungs and the pulse that wants to be cut off, with the addition of Fructus schisandrae chinensis and ginseng as the Shengmansan, which is used to make up for the insufficiency of the vital energy in the lungs. The three flavors of the formula, a complementary, a nourishing and a convergence, pulse drink is commonly used in the clinic for qi and yin deficiency, palpitations, shortness of breath, faint pulse and spontaneous sweating, clearing the summer heat and generating fluids, and convergence of the yin fluid.

Ginseng, Ophiopogon, Schisandra is a very effective treatment of health care and health care formula ~ Sheng pulse drink, from the Yuan Dynasty famous doctor Li Dongyuan's "internal and external injuries to distinguish confusion," the reason why it is called the Sheng pulse drink, because the efficacy of the Sheng pulse drink can be made to dry up the blood to regain vitality.

Effects and Properties of Shengmai Drink: Nourishing both qi and yin, regulating yin and yang. Various symptoms of deficiency of qi and blood, as well as heart-yang deficiency, sweating and death of yang in critical conditions, including nourishing heart qi, tonifying lung qi, clearing summer heat and generating body fluid, astringing yin fluid, resolving phlegm and removing dampness.

This formula we usually brew water as tea health care, pay special attention to the "ginseng" selection and dosage:

Ginseng: Slightly warm in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste, belongs to the spleen, lung and heart meridians. It can replenish vital energy, tonify the spleen, benefit the lungs, promote the production of fluids to quench thirst, and tranquilize the mind. It is suitable for patients with serious and prolonged illness, such as prolonged coughing in the lungs, shortness of breath, shortness of breath when moving, weakness of the spleen and stomach, lethargy, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea, restlessness of the heart and mind, insomnia, dreaming, palpitations and forgetfulness.

Contraindications: Avoid taking it for solid and hot conditions, and be cautious for those with dry cough and vomiting blood in yin deficiency. Ginseng: As a warm tonic, ginseng is contraindicated in solid cases, hot cases, high blood pressure, history of cerebral hemorrhage, dry mouth, easy to catch fire, yin deficiency and dry cough, reddish color, dry stools and other manifestations. It should not be used in combination with quinoa and wulingzhi, and should not be taken with black beans and soap pods. Ginseng should not be taken with tea, coffee and radish. Adolescents should not use ginseng for nourishment, otherwise there is a danger of nosebleeds and so on. Ginseng is powerful and is not recommended for ordinary people. It is advisable to adhere to the principle of taking ginseng in small amount and for a long period of time in order to be effective when it is used as a tonic. Generally 1 or 2 grams per day. For those with serious physical weakness, the dosage can be increased appropriately, but it should not be more than 3 grams. If you want to increase the dosage, you need to be guided by a Chinese medicine practitioner.

For those who should not take ginseng, especially those with high blood pressure, they can switch to American ginseng.

American ginseng: cool in nature, it has the effect of tonifying lung qi, clearing fire, nourishing the stomach and generating body fluid, mainly used for coughing up blood in lung deficiency, deficiency of lung and stomach fluid, and qi deficiency, etc.; it can also clear fire, it has the effect of benefiting qi and lowering fire, generating body fluid and quenching thirst, relieving alcohol and clearing heat, and invigorating the spleen and opening up the stomach, and it is suitable for those who have sleep deprivation, bitter mouth and dry throat, and rising liver fire. Therefore, American ginseng is cool in nature, and it is characterized as a tonic without being dry. For those who are deficient in qi and yin, and have signs of deficiency and heat, and are not suitable to use ginseng to warm up their body, American ginseng will be more suitable for them.

Ophiopogon: sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold in nature.

Attributed to the heart, lung and stomach meridians.

Effects: Nourishing Yin and promoting the production of body fluid, moistening the lung and clearing the heart. Effects: Relieving cough, resolving phlegm, generating body fluid, nourishing Yin and moistening the lungs, strengthening the heart and inducing diuresis, moistening the intestines and relaxing the bowels, clearing the mind and removing vexation, and regulating blood sugar.

Nourishing Yin and moistening the lungs: used for dry cough with lung heat, lung carbuncle, prolonged cough with mute voice, dry cough with sticky phlegm, cough with blood, accompanied by hot flashes and night sweating, and five heartburns and fever.

Nourishing the stomach and promoting the production of body fluid: used for loss of appetite, tiredness and fatigue, noisy stomach and epigastric region, dry throat and thirst, and dry stools due to insufficient stomach yin.

Clearing the heart and removing vexation: used for vexation, insomnia, forgetfulness and panic caused by deficiency of heart yin.

It can also be brewed separately as a tea!

Schisandra chinensis: Sour taste, sweet, warm nature. It enters the lung, kidney and heart meridians.

Effects: Benefiting vital energy and generating fluid, tonifying the kidney and nourishing the heart, astringent and astringent. Used for lung deficiency, asthma and coughing, fluid deficiency and thirst, spontaneous sweating, chronic diarrhea, neurasthenia and other conditions.

A single dosage of each of the three medicines in the Sheng Vein Drink is 1.5 grams of ginseng (or western ginseng), 1.5 grams of maitake, and seven grains of schizandra.

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It can be used for plateau reaction and tachycardia by tonifying the heart yin and nourishing the liver!