Sha Shen is a name the catalogue holds with nothing behind it but the pinyin. Bei Sha Shen and Nan Sha Shen, which are different plants, are entered separately.
Names
Pinyin
sha shen
Actions and indications
Nourishes Lung Yin and clears Lung Heat
Dry cough, or a cough bringing up small amounts of sticky phlegm with difficulty
Lung Yin deficiency with Heat causing a dry throat and hoarseness
Resolves Phlegm
Lung dryness complicated by scanty, tenacious phlegm, where a purely moistening herb would not suffice
Nourishes Stomach Yin and generates Fluids
Stomach Yin deficiency with a dry mouth, thirst, poor appetite and a dry red tongue
Fluids damaged by a febrile illness
Mildly tonifies Qi
Cautions
contraindication Deficiency Cold of the Spleen and Stomach, with Yang deficiency, loose stools or cold limbs; its sweet, cool nature aggravates it
caution Abundant thin or watery phlegm, which a cool, moistening herb can make worse