
Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang 沙參麥冬湯
Sheng Foong
Glehnia & Ophiopogon Combination (dryness-moistening formula)
Effects: nourishing lung and stomach; engendering fluid and moistening dryness.
Indications: dryness damaging the lung and stomach; deficiency of fluid and humor.manifested by dry throat, thirst, and dry cough with scant phlegm.
Clinical Reference: This formula is often used in treating dry throat, thirst, fever, or dry cough with scant phlegm induced by lung-stomach dryness and fluid depletion; wasting-thirst induced by deficiency of the lung yin.