Cimicifuga, Sheng Ma, 升麻 Bugbane, Black CohochSheng Ma (TCM)Rgya rtsi རྒྱ་རྩི་ (Tibet) Cimicifuga heracleifolia(Photo by Aka) (Wikimedia) Cimicifuga Sheng Ma root (Adam 2023) Botanical name: Cimicifuga spp. (syn. Actaea spp.): C. foetida (syn Actaea foetida) Sheng Ma C. dahurica (syn Actaea dahurica) Xing An Sheng Ma C. heracleifolia (syn Actaea heracleifolia) Da San Ye Sheng Ma Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Pungent, Bitter Classifications: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Heat Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat, Promotes Expression of Rashes:-Fever, acute Cold or Flu-acute Headache from Wind-Heat-early stages of Measles; incomplete expression of Toxic-Heat Rashes-skin disease with itching, Eczema (Tibet)-prevents infection during Epidemics (Ming Yi Bie Lu)2. Clears Heat and Toxin:-swelling, pain, ulcers of the Mouth, Gums-swelling and pain of the Throat-Toxic Sores (topically and internally)-‘It neutralizes toxins of a hundred kinds’ (Ming Yi Bie Lu)3. Raises Yang Qi:-shortness of Breath, Fatigue-Prolapses due to falling Qi-‘stops vertigo due to sinking of Yang’ (Li Shi Zhen)-chronic diarrhea and dysentery, seminal emission, leukorrhea, metrorrhagia (Li Shi Zhen)-raises clear Yang from the Stomach (Li Gao)-Long-term use makes the person feel happy and enjoy a long life. (Ming Yi Bie Lu)4. Externally:-Carbuncles, Abscesses, Toxic Sores, Variola (decoction as a wash)-Ulcers and Sores of the…

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