Eagle Herbs

Fang Feng translates to "guards against wind". Wind is a big deal in Chinese medicine.

This is the go-to formula for aches and pains that are aggravated by cold and/or damp weather. The theory is that cold or damp qi from the environment get into the acupuncture channels which then prevent the free flow of qi-energy and blood.

The ancient Chinese medicine says: “Where there is pain, there is no flow and where there is flow, there is not pain.” So when something obstructs the flow of qi and blood through the channels, there is pain. In this case, what is obstructing the flow is cold or damp weather.

In English, we talk about “catching a cold”. In Chinese medicine, we can also catch a “damp”. Cold can easily enter the nose and Lungs where we’d experience the same common cold as we know and love in the West. However according to Chinese medical theory we can also find these energies stuck in our channels which ends up causing arthritis-like pains that are aggravated by cold or damp weather.

So if your aches and pains are worse when the weather changes to cold or rainy, this is your formula!

Ingredients

Du Huo 獨活 pubescent angelica root, angelica root, tu-huo Radix Angelicae Pubiscentis
Qin Jiao 秦艽 large gentian root, gentiana macropylla root, chin-chiu Radix Gentianae Qinjiao
Fang Feng 防風 saposhnikovia root, ledebouriella root, siler Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae
Xi Xin 細辛 Chinese wild ginger, asarum Herba cum Radice Asari (not included in online version)

• These four herbs all are warm, spicy and drying. They’re aromatic and help to dry any dampness that has gotten into the acupuncture channels. They’re also warm so they quickly address aches and pains that are aggravated by cold or damp weather.

Du Zhong 杜仲 Eucommiae Cortex eucommia bark [Pregnancy Note]
Sang Ji Sheng 桑寄生 mulberry mistletoe stems; taxillus, mistletoe Ramulus Sangjisheng

• These herbs “nourish kidney and liver” which is to say promote joint mobility and lubrication.

Shu Di Huang 熟地黄 cooked rehmannia root, prepared Chinese foxglove root Rehmanniae Radix preparata [Pregnancy Note]
Dang Gui 當歸 tangkuei, Chinese angelica root Radix Angelicae Sinensis [Pregnancy Note]
Bai Shao 白芍 white peony root, peony Paeoniae Radix alba [Pregnancy Note]
Chuan Xiong 川芎 Sichuan lovage root, cnidium, chuanxiong root Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong

• These herbs used together is the key formula for nourishing the blood in Chinese medicine. Blood nourishes and lubricates the joints, helping them move smoothly in a pain-free fashion.

Huai Niu Xi 懷牛膝 achyranthes root Archyanthis bidentatae Radix [Pregnancy Note]
Rou Gui 肉桂 inner bark of Saigon cinnamon, cinnamon bark Cinnamomi Cortex [Pregnancy Note]

• “Niu Xi” translates to “ox knee”. Knees can hurt if they’re damp on the inside. The damp impedes the flow of blood. Stagnated blood hurts! Niu Xi supports blood circulation in the legs. Rou Gui is cinnamon bark, it’s warming in nature. Warm herbs are good for pains that are aggravated by cold weather.

Fu Ling 茯苓 sclerotium of tuckahoe, China root, hoelen, Indian bread Poria Cocos
Ren Shen 人蔘 ginseng root Radix Panax Ginseng
Zhi Gan Cao 炙甘草 licorice root Radix Glycyrrhizae prep.

• These are three of the four key herbs used for digestive health (or Spleen qi) in Chinese medicine. With better digestion, fluid metabolism in the digestive tract is regulated which means there is less dampness being produced from within the body. This helps prevent internal dampness from aggravating teh external dampness coming in from outside the body (such as the weather).

This formula can be used to support health with or without symptoms. If symptoms are present, take 1 level teaspoon of the powder (8 capsules) three times daily. When symptoms are not present, take 1/2 level teaspoon (4 capsules), two times daily. Empty stomach is best for efficient absorption, but not essential. [More...]

At this dosage, your order will last approximately this long (?):

• 50 grams powder (capsules only): 1 to 2 weeks.
• 100 grams powder (capsules or powder): 2-4 weeks
• 200 grams powder (powder only): 1-2 months