Nan Sha Shen 40 packets 2 grams

Nan Sha Shen Granules, Box of 40 Packets (2g each)

Brand: TCM Zone

English name: Adenophora Root

Chinese name: Nan Sha Shen Granules

Unit Size: Box of 40 Packets (2g each)

Potency: 5:1 extract granules

Taste: Sweet, Slightly bitter - Bensky

Properties: Cool - Bensky

Contraindications: Do not combine with Veratri nigri Radix et Rhizoma (li lu) - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: Dry, nonproductive cough due to Lung yin deficiency. Also for consumptive cough with blood in the sputum or hoarseness due to chronic cough. Dryness of the mouth or throat due to yin deficiency. Dry, itchy skin, especially when aggravated by cold, dry weather. - Bensky

Actions: Nourishes the yin of the Lungs and Stomach, clears heat, generates fluids. - Bensky

Pattern: Yin deficiency - Bensky

Channels Entered: Lung, Stomach - Bensky

Recommendations:

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Use with mai men dong and sang ye for chronic, dry, nonproductive cough with a marked reduction in fluids due to Lung yin deficiency.
• Use with chuan bei mu and zhi mu for dry cough with sputum that is difficult to expectorate due to Lung yin deficiency.
• Use with shi hu and sheng di huang for thirst, dry throat and mouth, constipation, and/or low-grade fever due to Stomach yin deficiency in the aftermath of a warm-heat pathogen disease where the fluids have been injured.
• Use with yu zhu and mai men dong for itching, especially when aggravated by dryness and cold, as during the winter.

Ingredients

Nan Sha Shen - Adenophorae Radix

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Moistens the Lungs and stops coughs: for dry, nonproductive cough due to Lung yin deficiency. Also for comsumptive cough with blood in the sputum or hoarseness due to chronic cough
• Nourishes the Stomach, generates fluids, and clears heat: used in the aftermath of a febrile disease or when yin deficiency causes dryness of the mouth or throat. Also for accompanying constipation.
• Moistens the exterior: for dry, itchy skin, especially when aggravated by cold, dry weather.

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