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About this formula
Mai Men Dong Tang is a classical formula from Zhang Zhong-jing's late Han dynasty Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essentials from the Golden Cabinet). This gentle pediatric formula supplements qi and yin while transforming phlegm and clearing heat, making it particularly suitable for addressing lingering respiratory patterns in infants and children. Blue Poppy's version is a 9:1 extract in a 2 oz. glycerine base.
- Actions
- Tonify Yin · Transform Phlegm · Clear Heat · Generate Fluids
- Patterns
- Yin Deficiency · Lung Yin Deficiency
- Systems
- Lung · Spleen | Find similar formulas ›
- Uses
- Supports healthy respiratory function in patterns of qi and yin deficiency with lingering heat and phlegm
- Traditionally used to address chronic dry cough patterns at the end of respiratory illness
- Supports healthy lung function in children with appropriate TCM patterns
- Addresses patterns associated with damaged qi and yin from heat conditions
Contraindications: Cough due to wind-cold or wind-heat, phlegm dampness, high fever and irritability due to exterior heat, or lung wilting due to vacuity cold.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Formula
6 herbs, as printed on the label- Mai Men Dong (Tuber Ophiopogonis) — 71 mg
- Geng Mi (Fructus Oryzae) — 43 mg
- Da Zao (Fructus Jujubae) — 29 mg
- Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsis) — 21.5 mg
- Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) — 21.5 mg
- Sheng Gan Cao (uncooked Radix Glycyrrhizae) — 14 mg
