Description
Sun Shi Mu Li San (Master Sun's Oyster Shell Powder), from Important Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold Pieces for Emergency (Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang).
Actions: Consolidate the exterior and astringe sweating
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of night sweating, with sweating just when sleeping, and headache due to the exterior deficiency and wind attacking the exterior
Category: Formulas That Consolidate the Exterior and Arrest Sweating.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, p. 617.
Composition
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net slightly warm (+0.33)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cool 33%, warm 67%.
Pairs warm and cool. 67% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 33% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.
Taste
- pungent 17%
- sweet 33%
- bitter 17%
- salty 33%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Spleen 67%
- Liver 67%
- Stomach 33%
- Heart 33%
- Kidney 33%
- Gallbladder 33%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Grind the ingredients into powder; take 1.5 g each time orally with wine, 2 times a day
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