Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/formulas/mu-li-san/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/formulas/mu-li-san/">Bencao Index</a> mu li san Oyster Shell Powder Stabilize the Exterior and the Lungs

Stabilises the Exterior and stops sweating

Unstable Exterior from deficiency, letting sweat escape both by day and at night Spontaneous sweating from Qi deficiency, sweating by day without exertion or heat Night sweats from Yin deficiency, sweating in sleep that stops on waking Sweating from combined Qi and Yin deficiency, worse at night, that has become chronic or keeps returning

Anchors floating Yang

Palpitations, being easily startled, irritability, and a restless, uneasy feeling during sweating episodes

Tonifies Qi and consolidates the Wei Qi

Shortness of breath, general debility, tiredness and lethargy Catching colds easily from a weak Exterior

Clears mild Deficiency Heat

Tongue pale red with a white, scant or absent coat; pulse thready and weak, or thin and frail

Modern uses

Spontaneous sweating Night sweats Excessive sweating after childbirth Lochiorrhoea Autonomic dystonia Pulmonary tuberculosis Palpitations Dyspnoea mu li huang qi ma huang (gen) fu xiao mai