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