Shengmai San

Traditional Chinese medicine commonly prescribes herbal formulas for the prevention and treatment of diseases. Shengmai San a famous Chinese medicinal formula that has been used for more than eight hundred years in China is comprised of Radix Ginseng Fructus Schisandre and Radix Ophiopogonis. Traditionally Shengmai San is used for the treatment of excessive loss of essence Qi and body fluid that threaten heart failure particularly in the summer when heat exhaustion and profuse sweating commonly occur.This book provides a comprehensive treatise on the historical phytochemical pharmacological/toxicological clinical as well as pharmaceutical aspects of Shengmai San and its component herbs.