Can you take Maitake XuanShen when taking GuiShu Pills?

If the indications for Maitake Xanshen are present in the patient taking Gui Spleen Pills then they can be taken together. However, if there are no indications of Maitong Xuan Shen, it is not suitable to be taken. Gui Spleen Pill is a proprietary Chinese medicine that can benefit the qi, strengthen the spleen, nourish the blood and tranquilize the mind, and is mainly used for treating deficiency of the heart and spleen, shortness of qi, palpitation, insomnia and other conditions. This medicine can cure dry lung and dry cough, paralysis of the throat (redness, swelling and pain in the pharynx, or dryness, foreign body sensation, or itching and discomfort in the pharynx, difficulty in swallowing) and sore throat, etc. It has the effect of nourishing yin and generating fluids, moistening the lung and clearing the heart. Ophiopogon and Xuan Shen are Chinese medicinal herbs that can cure constipation due to fluid injury, bone vaporization and coughing (self-conscious burning heat in the heart of the hands, feet and chest, as if the heat is penetrating outward from the bones, accompanied by coughing), etc., which have the efficacy of clearing away heat and cooling the blood, and nourishing the yin and lowering the fire. If the patient who is taking the Spleen Pill has the above indications for Maitong Xuan Shen, it is usually possible to take it at the same time as prescribed by the doctor, and the drugs usually do not adversely affect each other. However, if the patient does not have the indications for taking Maidong Xuanxianshen, then Maidong Xuanxianshen should not be taken. When patients need to combine drugs, must strictly follow the doctor’s instructions, do not add their own medication, so as not to affect the therapeutic effect or medication errors cause damage.