Mahwang
Ephedra · Ephedrae Herba
한글 마황 · Pinyin Ma Huang
麻黃
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Acrid, slightly bitter · warm
- Channels entered
- Lung, Bladder
- Actions
- Strongly induces sweating and releases exterior cold, disseminates Lung Qi to calm wheeze, promotes urination
- Typical dose
- 2–9 g
- Caution
- Contains ephedrine — regulatory restrictions apply in the US; avoid in hypertension, heart disease, and deficiency sweating
Appears in 46 formulas 處方
- Ephedra Decoction麻黃湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Kudzu Decoction葛根湯 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction小靑龍湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Five Accumulations Powder五積散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Lindera Smooth the Qi Powder烏藥順氣散 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Licorice, and Gypsum Decoction麻杏甘石湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Three-Unbinding Decoction三拗湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Major Blue-Green Dragon Decoction大靑龍湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Ephedra, Aconite, and Asarum Decoction麻黃附子細辛湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Maidservant from Yue Decoction plus Atractylodes越婢加朮湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Kudzu Decoction plus Cnidium and Magnolia Flower葛根湯加川芎辛夷 8 g · Deputy 臣
- Siler and Platycodon Sage-Penetrating Powder防風通聖散 1.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Arrest Wheezing Decoction定喘湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Yang-Heartening Decoction陽和湯 1.5 g · Assistant 佐
- Wash the Heart Powder洗心散 4 g · Chief 君
- Earthworm Powder地龍散 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Mysterious Left Channel Decoction神秘左經湯 2 g · Chief 君
- Ephedra Left Channel Decoction麻黃左經湯 2.8 g · Chief 君
- Head-Turning Powder回首散 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Ephedra and Licorice Decoction麻黃甘草湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Spleen-Surpassing Decoction越脾湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Cinnamon and Atractylodes Decoction桂朮湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Ephedra in Pure Wine Decoction麻黃醇酒湯 40 g · Chief 君
- Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Coix and Licorice Decoction麻杏薏甘湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Inula Decoction旋覆花湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Protect Peace Pill保安丸 20 g · Assistant 佐
- Ephedra and Cimicifuga Decoction麻黃升麻湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Ephedra and Cinnamon Twig Decoction麻黃桂枝湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Belamcanda Decoction射干湯 2 g · Deputy 臣
- Chuanxiong and Pueraria Decoction芎葛湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Beautiful Marsh Free the Qi Decoction麗澤通氣湯 1.2 g · Deputy 臣
- Chuanxiong Powder芎藭散 2.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Warm the Lung Decoction溫肺湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Free the Orifice Decoction通竅湯 1.2 g · Deputy 臣
- Cimicifuga Stomach Wind Decoction升麻胃風湯 2 g · Deputy 臣
- Cinnamon and Aromatics Powder for the Ear桂香散 2.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Notopterygium Powder for the Teeth羌活散 12 g · Deputy 臣
- Scorpion Tail Powder蝎梢散 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Asarum Powder for the Teeth細辛散 12 g · Chief 君
- Angelica and Gentian Powder當歸龍膽散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Platycodon Decoction for a Lost Voice桔梗湯 2 g · Deputy 臣
- Notopterygium and Aconite Decoction羌活附子湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Typhonium Powder for Brain Wind白附子散 20 g · Deputy 臣
- Divine Sage Powder神聖散 8 g · Chief 君
- Move the Qi Cyperus and Perilla Powder行氣香蘇散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Gentiana Macrophylla and Notopterygium Decoction秦艽羌活湯 2 g · Deputy 臣