Zizyphus Sleep (8 oz)
Unit Size | 8 |
Dosage | 16-24 drops up to three times a day. |
Potency | 7:1 |
Properties | Eases insomnia, restlessness. |
Chinese Symptomology | Insomnia. Restless sleep. Excessive dreaming. Vacuity vexation. Anxiety. Irritability. Palpitations. Night sweating. Dizziness or vertigo. Menopausal patterns. Post operative insomnia and anxiety. Pediatric night crying. Sleep disorders |
Actions | Supplements Blood, calms Hun and Shen, clears Heat, calms irritability and benefits sleep |
Pattern | Liver and Heart Yin and Blood vacuity |
Tongue | Light red and dry |
Pulse | Wiry and thready, possibly rapid |
Chinese name | Suan Zao Ren Tang |
English name | Zizyphus Sleep (8 oz) |
Description
According to the Chinese classics the ethereal soul/hun is said to reside in the eyes during the day and rest in the Liver at night while the eyes are closed. If the Liver Blood is vacuous, the ethereal soul has no place to rest, thus it is said to float up and wander. This rising up of the Yang is experienced as agitation, an inability to sleep, excessive dreaming and scattered thoughts that do not cease. This condition is considered to be more serious than simple insomnia because the deficient Liver Blood is unable to restrain the Yang. In the sheng/generating cycle of the five phases, Wood is the mother of Fire and nourishes its child, but if the mother is deficient it can lead to Heart Yin and Blood vacuity, with anxiety, irritability, palpitations, dizziness and night sweats. This pattern, called xu fan/vacuity vexation, is most common in patients who are stressed and overworked, as well as emotionally and physically depleted. It can also appear in post-partum women, patients with Blood loss after a serious trauma or surgery and when Heat evil damages the Yin. Zizyphus Sleep Formula nourishes the Liver and Heart Blood and Yin, clears vacuity Heat and calms the ethereal soul and shen/spirit.*
Ingredients
Pinyin Name | Common Name |
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Chao suan zao ren | Dry fried sour jujube seed |
Chuan xiong | Sichuan lovage rhizome |
Fu ling | Poria |
Zhi mu | Anemarrhena rhizome |
Gan cao | Chinese licorice root and rhizome |