Antibiotic Coptis was used for ulcers long before bacterial causes were discovered.
Mentioned in these formula finders psoriasis
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Apricot seeds stop cough and lubricate the large intestines.
Moistening and nourishing, this formula lubricates the intestines for itty-bitty hard-as-rock stools.
This formula uses cannabis seeds as the source of oil in this formula. Oil is important for dry stools as it helps guide and lubricate the feces out of the body more comfortably.
Currently in the USA, we’re not allowed to import marijuana seeds for this purpose anymore. I’m told that if there is proof that the seeds have been processed such that they cannot be germinated, we can use them.
Fortunately, this ban on cannabis seed import doesn’t seem to affect the importation of the extract powders that we use at EagleHerbs. Obviously, you can’t grow a plant from the “freeze dried” extract of tea, so we’re good to go.
Other ingredients in this formula stimulate intestinal movement by acting on the nervous system, and other herbs generate body fluids to help moisturize the dry poop.
Perilla leaf addresses nervous nausea.
Mentioned in these formula finders emotional distress
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Bupleurum unsticks what is stuck.
Mentioned in these formula finders chronic headaches, emotional distress
Bupleurum unsticks your insides for when you feel stuck.
Mentioned in these formula finders cholesterol, chronic headaches, emotional distress
Pinellia is a great drying herb that also addresses nausea.
The “liver” in Chinese medicine is sensitive to emotional stress. When you get angry, frustrated, impatient or depressed, the functions of the Chinese liver is are compromised. One of these functions is keeping things circulating. If anything is supposed to move in the body, it has some relationship to the liver.
This formula also targets the “spleen” function which is digestive in this context. When the digestion is inefficient, it can create a by-product called “dampness”. This often manifests as excessive fluids in the digestive tract (gurgling, indigestion, bloating). However what is created in the digestion is stored in the lungs, and so a big meal can cause phlegm in the lungs, and “phlegm nodules” elsewhere in the body.
Phlegm nodules can be bumps and lumps. (Step one: if you have unexamined bumps or lumps in your body, you should get those checked out by your doctor.) These phlegm nodules can be visible (such as lumps or bumps) or invisible (such as the sensation of lumps or bumps).
This is because dampness can arise as extra fluids in the body, or as something more like high-humidity internally. This high-humidity can cause a sensation of heaviness in the body, fatigue, lack of sensory acuity, etc.
When there is emotional stress PLUS internal dampness, the humidity or fluids can congeal into a phlegm nodule that arises in the throat. This is one of those “invisible” phlegm nodules that can’t be seen, but the sensation is most certainly there. Chinese medicine calls this “plum-pit qi” or “plum-pit syndrome”. It is the sensation of something being caught in your throat but there’s not actually anything there.
By regulating the liver (call it the nervous system in this context) and spleen (digestive functions), this formula can “transform phlegm” by stimulating the efficiency of the digestion and moving the phlegm out of the throat.
There are other applications of this formula that do not require the sensation of something stuck in the throat. What this formula really does is dries damp and descends stuck qi. This action can also be helpful for coughing with white or clear phlegm with the sensation of something stuck in the chest. it is also used in Japan for sudden anxiety, depression, insomnia and palpitations that are accompanied by indigestion or edema.
Bai zhu helps dry discharges and heavy pains in the limbs.
Mentioned in these formula finders hot flashes (hot flushes)
These little hooks are said to "hook the wind" in the body.
Mentioned in these formula finders cholesterol, chronic headaches, emotional distress, hot flashes (hot flushes)
Dang gui (tang-kwei) is a famous herb for regulating hormones and blood.
Mentioned in these formula finders emotional distress, hot flashes (hot flushes)
Bupleurum, one of the great neurologically regulating herbs.
Mentioned in these formula finders cholesterol, emotional distress, hot flashes (hot flushes), sleep support
