Ma Huang Gen [1]

1 TASTE
Sweet and neutral

2 MERIDIANS
Lung

3 FUNCTIONS
To stop sweating

4 INDICATIONS
1. Spontaneous sweating. Ephedra root (Ma Huang Gen [3]) is used with Astragalus root (Huang Qi [4]) and Chinese angelica root (Dang Gui [5]).    2. Night sweating. Ephedra root (Mahuanggen) is used with Fresh rehmannia root (Sheng Di Huang [6]) and Oyster shell (Mu Li [7]).

5 DOSAGE
3-30g

6 COUTIONS
This herb is conraindicated in cases with exterior syndromes.