Hupeh Liriope Root Tuber … Classic Formulas
Shan Mai Dong · Liriopes Radix
Primary Actions
- Nourishes yin and generates fluids - Shan Mai Dong is used for thirst, dry mouth, and fluid injury after febrile disease or chronic depletion.
- Moistens the Lung and stops dry cough - traditional indications include cough from Lung dryness, chronic dry throat, and scant sputum from yin damage.
- Clears Heart irritability - it is also used for vexation, restlessness, and poor sleep when dryness-heat or yin deficiency disturbs the Heart.
Classic Formulas
- Shan Mai Dong with Sha Shen and Yu Zhu - a traditional pairing style for Lung-Stomach dryness with thirst and dry cough.
- Shan Mai Dong in Sheng Mai San-style substitution logic - used when practitioners replace Mai Men Dong with a Liriope source while still aiming to restore qi, yin, and fluids.
- Shan Mai Dong with Tian Men Dong - an Er Dong-like approach for pronounced dryness, irritability, and wasting-thirst patterns.
Classical Text References
- Pharmacopoeial teaching describes Shan Mai Dong as sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly cold, nourishing yin, engendering fluid, moistening the Lung, and clearing the Heart.
- Modern materia medica recognizes Shan Mai Dong as part of the broader maidong medicinal complex, but source-plant precision still matters for editorial accuracy.
- This record therefore keeps the Liriope identity explicit so later Ophiopogon-derived Mai Dong pages still have room to function separately.