Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Formula for Relieving Exterior- Sheng Ma Ge Gen Tang
    
                              Sheng Ma Ge Gen Tang

                       Cimicifuga and Pueraria Decoction

SOURCE:  Yan’s Xiao Er Fang Lun (Yan's Treatise on Pediatric Formulae)
INGREDIENTS:
Sheng Ma (Cimicifuga rhizome) 3g
Ge Geng (Pueraria root) 3g
Chi Shao (Red peony root) 3g
Zhi Gan Cao (Roasted licorice) 3g

DIRECTIONS: Decoct the above herbs in water for oral administration.
EFFECTS: Relieving muscles and promoting eruption.
INDICATIONS: The beginning of measles marked by absence of rashes or with incomplete eruption, fever and
headache.
ANAL YSIS OF FORMULA: As the main herbs, Sheng Ma (cimicifuga rhizome), with pungent and sweet flavors
and cool nature, acting on the lung and stomach, is good at relieving muscles and promoting eruption as well as clearing
away heat to relieve the exterior; Ge Geng (pueraria root), with pungent and sweet flavors and neutral nature, acting on
the stomach, is to relieve muscles and to promote eruption as well as to promote production of body fluid for quenching
thirst. The combination of these two herbs can expel the measles poison through skin and interstitial  space .Chi Shao (
Red peony root) acts as the adjuvant herb to cool blood and to dissipate stasis. As the dispatcher herb, Gan Cao
(licorice root) can harmonize all components of the formula and tonify qi to relieve the exterior.
ASSOCIATED FORMULA:
Xuan Du Fa Biao Tang (Poison-Dispelling and Exterior-Relieving Decoction),(Dou Zhen Ren Zhu Lu-Peaceful Records
of Small pox and Rash) : Sheng Ma (Cimicifuga rhizome) 3g, Ge Geng (pueraria root) 3g, Qian Hu (peucedanum root)
5g, Ku Xin Ren (bitter apricot kernel) 6g,  Jie Geng (platycodon root) 3g,Zhi Qiao (bitter orange) 3g, Jing Jie
(schizonepeta) 3g, Fang Feng (ledebouriella root) 3g, Bo He (peppermint) 3g, Mu Tong (akebia stem-replaced by
Tong Cao) 3g, Liang Qiao (forsythia fruit) 3g, Niu Bang Zi (arctium fruit) 5g, Dan Zhu Ye (lophatherum) 2g, Gan Cao
(licorice root) 2g.
The above herbs should be decocted in water for oral administration.
Effects: relieving the exterior for promoting eruption, soothing throat for relieving cough. Indications: early stage of
measles marked by incomplete eruption.
NOTES: This formula is composed of Sheng Ma Ge Geng Tang (Cimicifuga and Pueraria Decoction) by removing Chi
Shao (red peony root) and adding of other herbs. Jing Jie (Schizonepeta), Fang Feng (ledebouriella root), Niu Bang Zi
(arctium fruit) and Bo He (peppermint) relieve muscles and promote eruption. Zhi Qiao (Bitter orange), Jie Geng
(platycodon root), Ku Xing Ren (bitter apricot kernel) and Qian Hu (peucedanum root) resolve phlegm for relieving
cough. Liang Qiao (Forsythia fruit) and Dan Zhu Ye (lophatherum) can clear heat to relieve fidget. Mu Tong (Akebia
stem) induces heat downwards. So this formula is stronger in dispersing the lung, opening the exterior, clearing heat and
poison.