Free the Flow 60 capsules 10:1 extract

Free the Flow

Unit Size: 60 (10:1 extract) capsules

Dosage: Three capsules two times per day equal not less than 30g of raw medicinals.

Potency: 10:1 (average) 500mg

Properties: Designed to ease the symptoms of chronic constipation when other, more commonly used formulas have not been effective. May be combined with Shen Qi Da Bu Wan for greater spleen and kidney supplementation. For greater blood supplementation, combine with

Contraindications: Loose stools or diarrhea, even if diarrhea alternates with constipation, as in irritable bowel syndrome

Chinese Symptomology: Chronic Constipation

Western Symptomology: Chronic Constipation

Actions: This is a du bu fang or greatly supplementing formula that supplements the qi and yang, while nourishing the blood and enriching yin at the same time. It also clears heat from the stomach and intestines, disinhibits the qi mechanism by upbearing the clear and downbearing the turbid, and frees the flow of the stools.

Pattern: Qi, blood, yin, and yang vacuities with qi stagnation and blood stasis complicated by internal heat, which is common in perimenopausal women and older patients in general.

Chinese name: Modified Ji Chuan Jian

English name: Free the Flow

Description

This formula is for the treatment of chronic constipation due to a combination of qi, blood, yin, and yang vacuities with qi stagnation and blood stasis complicated by internal heat. This is a common complicated scenario, especially in perimenopausal women and older patients.

Ingredients

Huang Qi (Radix Astragali); Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis); He Shou Wu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori); Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsitis); Rou Cong Rong (Herba Cistanchis); Tao Ren (Semen Persciae); Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae); Niu Xi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae); Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis); Zhi Ke (Fructus Aurantii); Sheng Ma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae)