生脈飲

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Chinese

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to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
mountain range; pulse drink
trad. (生脈飲)
simp. (生脉饮)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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生脈飲

  1. A clear, yellowish-brown to pale reddish-brown liquid used in traditional Chinese medicine "to replenish qi, restore normal pulse, nourish yin and promote the production of body fluid in the treatment of deficiency of qi and yin marked by cardiac palpitation, shortness of breath, scarcely perceptible pulse and spontaneous sweating".

Shengmai oral liquid has the following herbal ingredients:

Name Chinese (S) Grams
Radix Ginseng 人参 100
Radix Ophiopogonis 麦冬 200
Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis seu Fructus Schisandrae Sphenantherae 五味子 100

References

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  • State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People’s Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. →ISBN.