Chinese Herbs for DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, and STRESS
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), generalized anxiety disorder is understood as an imbalance between Yin (blood) and Yang (qi) within the Zang Organs, especially the function of heart and liver. While the Heart Zang is said to store the Shen or spirit, which includes emotional responses to stimuli, such as feeling low, crying for no reason and being very sensitive to any situation. Whereas the Liver Zang is said to be strongly related to the temperament and the anger, e.g. being impatient and irritable.
In addition, the Spleen Zang is associated with excessive worry; the Kidney with fear and fright; and the Lung with grief, the inability to let go, and anxiety. When there is a disturbance in one or more of these Zang from any cause, an imbalanced emotional state can occur. Conversely, an imbalanced emotional state can cause a Zang disturbance. In all cases, however, the Shen is disturbed.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Categories of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
While a generalized anxiety disorder always affects the Shen, either primarily or secondarily, TCM classifies the cause of the disorder according to the extent to which individual Zang Organs demonstrate signs and symptoms of disturbance and the extent to which their Qi is affected. A typical differential diagnosis includes the following categories:
• Good sleep & worry free pill—Gui Pi Wan
Heart/Spleen Qi Deficiency: This Pattern of Disharmony manifests as anxiety, obsessive worry, palpitations, agitation, dream-disturbed sleep or even nightmares, fatigue, forgetfulness, poor appetite, abdominal distention.
Ingredient List: Atractylodes macrocephala rhizome, Poria cocos fungus, Polygala tenuifolia root, Euphoria longan fruit, Angelica sinensis root, Codonopsis pilosula root, Astragalus membranaceus root, Ziziphus spinosa seed, Aucklandia lappa root, Ziziphus jujuba fruit, Glycyrrhiza uralensis root. - Bai zhu, Fu ling, Yuan zhi, Long yan rou, Dang gui, Dang shen, Huang qi, Suan zao ren, Mu xiang, Da zao, Gan cao
200 pills per bottle. Standard dosage: 8 pills, 2 times per day.
• Free & Easy Wanderer plus Pills—Jia Wei Xiao Yao Wan
Liver Qi Stagnation Affecting the Spleen: This Pattern of Disharmony manifests as anxiety, feelings of irritability, moodiness, poor appetite, tightness or pain around breast area or rib cage area, muscular tension, alternating constipation and loose stools, if worse, could have Irritable bowel symptoms and being sick and feeling bloated. Women can have excess heat associated with premenstrual syndrome, painful period, delayed period or even no period.
Ingredients list: chao bai shao (Paeonia lactiflora),
Fu ling (Poria cocos fungus),
Bai zhu (Atractylodes macrocephala rhizome),
Mu dan pi (Paeonia suffruticosa root-bark),
Zhi zi (Gardenia jasminoides/jasmine fruit),
Chai hu (Bupleurum chinense root),
Dang gui (Angelica sinensis root),
Sheng jiang (Zingiber officinale rhizome/ginger root),
Gan cao (Glycyrrhiza uralensis/licorice root),
Bo he (Mentha haplocalyx/field mint herb),
• sleeping and feeling good pills- An Shen Bu Xin Wan
Insomnia, unstable sleep and restless nights, feelings of fear and dread, and may be accompanied by lower back and knee weakness, lack of sexual responsiveness. An shen Bu xin Wan is a Chinese herbal formula found to be particularly effective for restless sleep habits. The formula gently tranquilizes the spirit and nourishes the heart, helping to relax the body and promote a heavier more stable sleep. Bu Xin is an all-natural formula that works to occasionally calm the spirit without the use of harsh chemical sleeping aids, and has been used by many generations in China to help promote better sleep.
Ingredent list: Jiu chao bai shao (Paeonia lactiflora),
Fu ling (Poria cocos fungus/mushroom filaments),
Bai zhu (Atractylodes macrocephala rhizome),
Mu dan pi (Paeonia suffruticosa root-bark),
Zhi zi (Gardenia jasminoides/jasmine fruit),
Chai hu (Bupleurum chinense root),
Dang gui (Angelica sinensis root),
Sheng jiang (Zingiber officinale rhizome/ginger root), - improves circulation
Gan cao (Glycyrrhiza uralensis/licorice root) - stimulates the immune system, aids digestion
Bo he (Mentha haplocalyx/field mint herb) - calm mind, expel heat, relieve cough, clears head
200 pills per bottle. Standard dosage: 8 pills, 2 times per day.
• Calming spirit pills—Gan Mai Da Zao Tang Wan
nourishes the heart to calm the mind, regulates the function of the stomach and relieves spasm, reinforces the spleen-Qi. It is used for trance, sorrow, weepy for no reason, agitation, involuntary movement, even behavior disorder, frequent yawns, insomnia and night sweat.
Ingredient list: Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gan cao)
Fructus Jujubae (Da zao)
Triticum Aestivum (Xiao mai)
200 pills per bottle. Standard dosage: 8 pills, 2 times per day.
• Relieving throat/chest tightness Pills" --Ban xia hou po wan
literally "Pinellia & Magnolia Pills" in Chinese, promotes qi flow to relieve Qi stagnancy, and directs adverse Qi flow downwards to eliminate phlegm.† The Chinese medicine is used for accumulation of phlegm due to stagnated seven emotions marked by obstructive sensation in the throat (the persistent sensation of having phlegm or some other sort of obstruction in the throat when there is none—so called ‘plum stone syndrome’), chest fullness or tightness, asthmatic breath, or cough, or vomiting, or distending pain in the chest and hypochondriac region, etc.†
Ingredients list:
Rhizoma Pinelliae (Ban Xia)
Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (Hou Po)
Poria (Fu Ling)
Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Sheng Jiang)
Folium Perillae (Zi Su Ye)
200 pills per bottle. Standard dosage: 8 pills, 2 times per day.
All herbal pills are made of 100% pure authentic Chinese herbs of highest qualities. Traditional preparation procedures are combined with modern pharmaceutical processes to extract the active ingredients from the herbs and to further concentrate them into pills or tablets.