The efficacy of Maidong Shashen Yuzhu Decoction

The efficacy of Maidong, Shashen, and Yuzhu Decoction primarily lies in nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, promoting the production of body fluids to relieve thirst, strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach, and clearing heat to alleviate thirst. Specifically, Ophiopogon (Maidong) nourishes yin, generates body fluids, moistens the lungs, and clears heart fire, significantly improving symptoms such as dry cough due to lung dryness and thirst caused by fluid deficiency. Adenophora (Shashen) benefits the stomach, generates fluids, clears heat, moistens the lungs, resolves phlegm, and stops coughing, making it suitable for chronic cough due to yin deficiency and thirst from fluid injury. Polygonatum (Yuzhu) also nourishes yin, relieves dryness, generates fluids, and quenches thirst, effectively alleviating cough due to dry-heat, and exterior wind-heat invasion in individuals with yin-deficient constitution. Together, this combination—Maidong, Shashen, and Yuzhu Decoction—effectively treats symptoms such as dry cough with little phlegm, dry mouth and throat, and constipation due to intestinal dryness, which arise from deficiency of lung yin and stomach yin. However, please note that professional consultation with a licensed Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner is essential before use. The prescription should be tailored to individual constitution and condition to prevent adverse reactions.