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Prescriptions for Strengthening Body Resistance and Relieving Exterior Syndrome

Xu Ming Tang

续命汤 續命湯
By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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Name

The Prescription of Xu Ming Tang

Source

The book Jin Gui Yao Lue

Ingredients

Ma HuangGui ZhiDang GuiRen ShenShi GaoGan JiangGan CaoChuan XiongXing Ren.

Explanation

Ma Huang and Gui Zhi: Dispersing wind-cold.

Dang Gui and Chuan Xiong: Tonifying blood and dredging collaterals.

Shi Gao: Being pungent and sweet in flavor and very cold in nature, facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi to clear away the lung-heat and preventing the other drugs warm in nature from producing heat.

Xing Ren: Discending the lung-Qi, assisting Shi Gao in removing heat from the lung to relieve asthma.

Ren Shen, Gan Jiang and Gan Cao: Replenishing qi, warm the spleen and stomach.

The Effect of Xu Ming Tang

Effect

Expel wind, dredge collaterals, calm the adverse-rising energy, tonify blood, clear heat and nourish body fluid.

Indications

Hemiplegia, aphasia after apoplexy.

Administrations

Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken twice.

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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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