bubble_chart Efficacy

Pacifying liver and extinguishing wind, clearing heat and activating blood, tonifying liver and kidney.

bubble_chart Indications

Exuberant liver yang, liver wind disturbing upward syndrome, headache, vertigo, insomnia, often aggravated by fatigue or anger, dry and red eyes, irritability, bitter taste in mouth, red tongue, thin yellow coating, wiry pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is derived from the basic formula of Uncaria Powder and Gastrodia Tuber pills with modifications. In the formula, Gastrodia Tuber and Uncaria serve as the monarch drugs with the effect of pacifying liver and extinguishing wind; Abalone Shell is salty in taste and neutral in nature, capable of pacifying liver and subduing yang, removing heat and improving vision, and when used together with the aforementioned drugs, it enhances the effect of pacifying liver and extinguishing wind as the minister drug; Gardenia and Skullcap Root clear heat and purge fire, preventing the fire of the liver meridian from becoming excessive; motherwort herb activates blood and promotes diuresis; Achyranthes Root directs blood downward and, when paired with Eucommia Bark and Chinese Taxillus Herb, can tonify the liver and kidneys; Poria and Tuber Fleeceflower Stem tranquilize the spirit and calm the mind.

1. liver yang hyperactivity.
2. headache and vertigo.
3. irritability and insomnia.
4. bitter taste in the mouth.
5. wiry pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Excessive liver fire: Add Prunella, Gentian.
2. Insomnia: Add Fossil Bone, oyster shell.
3. Blood stasis: Add Salvia, Red Peony Root.
4. Liver-kidney yin deficiency: Combine with Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill or Wolfberry and Chrysanthemum Rehmannia Pill.
5. Facial redness and constipation: Add Coptis Rhizome, Rhubarb Rhizoma.

bubble_chart Modern Application

This formula lowers blood pressure, calms the nerves, regulates higher nervous activity, prevents convulsions, induces sleep, dilates blood vessels, improves blood circulation, prevents thrombosis, reduces inflammation, and alleviates fever. It is used for hypertension, cerebral concussion, cerebral thrombosis, facial muscle spasms, vertigo, tinnitus, and headache.