Musk … Classic Formulas

She Xiang · Moschus

Primary Actions

  • Opens the orifices and awakens the Spirit; the premier herb for loss of consciousness, stroke, and seizure with phlegm misting the sensory orifices
  • Invigorates Blood and unblocks the channels; dissolves masses and reduces swelling
  • Reduces swelling and relieves pain for sores, carbuncles, and traumatic injury

Classic Formulas

  • An Gong Niu Huang Wan (Calm the Palace Pill with Cattle Gallstone)

Classical Text References

  • Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Divine Farmer's Materia Medica, c. 200 CE) lists She Xiang among the orifice-opening substances for loss of consciousness and convulsion