Chinese: Ma Zi Ren Wan
English: Hemp Seed Pill
Source: Shanghanlun (Treatise on Cold Damage Diseases)
Pulse: fine
Tongue: yellow dry fur
Abdomen: -
Indications: This herbal formula has been used for patients with following health conditions and symptoms:
- Constipation
- Dry, hard stool
- Round stool
- Hemorrhoids
- Dry skin
- Abdominal pain
There are many other health conditions that may respond well to this herbal formula, in particular patients exhibiting indicative traditional diagnostic signs and symptoms.
Basic and Clinical Research on Mashiningan – Updated on Mar. 30, 2011
Ishioka T. Comparison of the efficacy of junchoto and mashiningan for atonic constipation in the elderly stratified by physical strength. Kampo no Rinsho (Journal of Kampo Medicine) 43: 1431-7 (1996).