Maega
Barley Sprout · Hordei Fructus Germinatus
한글 맥아 · Pinyin Mai Ya
麥芽
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Sweet · neutral
- Channels entered
- Spleen, Stomach, Liver
- Actions
- Reduces food stagnation of starches, harmonizes the middle, restrains lactation at large doses
- Typical dose
- 9–15 g
- Caution
- Large doses reduce milk supply in nursing mothers
Appears in 17 formulas 處方
- Ginseng and Atractylodes Strengthen the Spleen Decoction蔘朮健脾湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Major Harmonize the Middle Drink大和中飮 8 g · Chief 君
- Augmented Two Aged Herbs Decoction from the Orthodox Tradition正傳加味二陳湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Pinellia, Atractylodes, and Gastrodia Decoction半夏白朮天麻湯 6 g · Assistant 佐
- Sedate the Liver and Extinguish Wind Decoction鎭肝熄風湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Leaven and Sprout Unripe Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Pill麴糵枳朮丸 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Augmented Calm the Stomach Powder加味平胃散 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Fragrance and Bitter Orange Husk Pill香殼丸 20 g · Assistant 佐
- Grain Spirit Pill穀神元 20 g · Assistant 佐
- Wake the Spleen and Rear the Stomach Decoction醒脾育胃湯 3.2 g · Assistant 佐
- Fortify the Stomach Preserve Harmony Pill健胃保和元 40 g · Deputy 臣
- Nourish the Spleen Pill養脾丸 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Eight-Ingredient Rectify the Center Pill八味理中丸 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Ginseng and Poria Strengthen the Spleen Pill參苓壯脾元 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Enrich the Spleen Pill滋脾丸 40 g · Chief 君
- Thousand-Gold Nourish the Spleen Pill千金養脾元 20 g · Assistant 佐
- Disperse Food and Clear Constraint Decoction消食淸鬱湯 2.8 g · Assistant 佐