The representative formula for exterior repletion due to wind-cold, composed of ma huang, gui zhi, xing ren, and zhi gan cao. It pairs with Gui Zhi Tang as the contrasting formulas for greater yang exterior repletion versus exterior vacuity in the Shang Han Lun.
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@misc{bencaodian-ma-huang-tang,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Má Huáng Tāng 麻黄汤 (Ephedra Decoction)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/formulas/ma-huang-tang},
urldate = {2026-04-17},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}