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Sang Ma Wan (桑麻丸): Classic TCM Formula

桑麻丸
By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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Name

The Prescription of 桑麻丸

Source

The book Shou Shi Bao Yuan

Ingredients

Sang Ye 500 g,Hei Zhi Ma 120 g,Honey 500 g.

Explanation

Sang Ye: The principal drug, being sweet and bitter in flavor and cold in nature, dispersing wind-heat, clearing lung-heat, cooling blood and improving vision.

Hei Zhi Ma: Tonifying the liver and kidney, nourishing essence and blood.

The Effect of 桑麻丸

Effect

Improve eyesight and tonify blood, clear heat and tonify deficiency.

Indications

Dizziness, chronic cough, constipation due to body fluid depletion, rough skin, premature graying hair.

Administrations

Hei Zhi Ma is ground into fine powder and made into thick juice. Then the juice is made with honey and Sang Ye into pills.

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Sources and further reading

We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.

  • Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
  • Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
  • Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
  • NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.

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