ma huang tang       麻黃湯            

Edited by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu   按此中文

Name of formula: ma huang tang (Shang Han Lun)

Application: Influenza

Syndrome: cold symptoms with no sweat, achy bones, headache, large and rapid pulse. (use gui zhi tang in cold without sweat)

gui zhi 4 qian, bai shao 4 qian, gan cao 3 qian, sheng jiang 3 slices,

da zao 5 pieces (cut open), ma huang 3 qian.

Boil with 3 bowls of water. Simmer till one bowl is left.

Drink while warm. Drink some warm rice porridge.

Cover the body with blanket and let the body sweat.