Gui Pi Wan is an herbal supplement based on the classical prescription "Decoction for Invigorating the Spleen and Nourishing the Heart", in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Ingredients: Whte atractylodes (Bai Zhu), Poria (Fu Ling), Astragalus (Huang Qi), Longan aril (Long Yan Rou), Wild jujube seed (Suan Zao Ren), Ginseng (Ren Shen), Costus root (Mu Xiang), Licorice (Gan Cao), Chinese angelica (Dang Gui), Polygala root (Yuan Zhi).
Actions: 1. To tonify qi and blood. 2. To strengthen the spleen and heart.
Indications: Weakness of both the spleen and kidneys, or deficiency of qi and blood, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, subcutaneous bleeding due to failure of the spleen to keep the blood circulating within the vessels.
| Manifestations | Explanations |
Palpitation
Anxiety
Insomnia
Nightmares
Night sweating | Heart Blood Deficiency -> Heart cannot house the mind. |
| Night sweating | Heart Yang flowing out due to blood deficiency |
Lassitude
Poor appetite | Manifestations of Qi deficiency and weakness of the spleen. |
Sallow complexion
Pale tongue with thin and white coating
Thready and weak pulse | Blood and Qi deficiency. |
Short cycle menstruation with increased blood volume light red in color
Functional uterine bleeding | Qi deficiency and weakness of the spleen which leads to failure in controlling the blood. |
Applications: Irregular menstruation, functional uterine bleeding, anemia and neurasthenia.
The recipe originates in Prescriptions for Succouring the Sick. Recent studies have proved that this recipe is effective for promoting digestion and absorption, strengthening metabolism, consolidating the constitution by nourishing the body, regulating the excitement of the cerebrum, promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis as well as arresting diarrhia. It can be modified to treat other cases such as disturbance of the vegetative nerve, menopausal syndrome, cardiac neurosis, insomnia, amnesia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, hypoproteinemia, chronic gastroenteritis, nervous gastritis, uterine functional bleeding that are ascribed to insufficiency of both the spleen and heart.
Directions:Take 8-pill once time, 3 times a day, as herbal supplement.
