Sheng Xian Tang (Raise the Sinking Decoction)

Raise the Sinking Decoction

Yi Xue Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu, 1918

• Huang Qi (large dose) – chief; Zhi Mu (balance with cooling)
• Chai Hu, Sheng Ma (raise yang); Jie Geng (guide to chest)

• Tonifies and raises the gathering (chest) qi

Sinking of the chest qi: shortness of breath as if unable to catch the breath, a sensation of the breath not connecting, fatigue, palpitations, and a weak, sometimes irregular pulse.

Tongue: pale. Pulse: weak and sunken (sometimes irregular).

With marked qi-yin deficiency, add Ren Shen and Shan Zhu Yu.

For sinking chest qi; not for fullness from excess or phlegm.