Maxing Shigan Tang ⁽²⁾

Mah Xing Shi Gan Tang is a formula from the Shanghan Lun for treating Taiyang warm disease. It consists of Mahuang (ephedra), Xingren (apricot kernel), Shigao (gypsum), and Gancao (licorice), hence its name. Zhang Zhongjing described its indication as "sweating with panting." Later generations use…

Recently Beijing's weather turned abruptly, and with air pollution there are many rhinitis sufferers—especially children. In my observation, roughly 20% of children have rhinitis of varying degrees. Pediatric rhinitis is mostly triggered by repeated colds treated incompletely. As to its disease mechanism, the great majority…