Guipi Wan
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Guipi Wan is a brown honeyed pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine
to "invigorate the spleen function, nourish blood and cause sedation". It has a slight odor, and tastes sweet, and then slightly bitter and pungent. It is used where there is "deficiency syndrome of both the heart and the spleen marked by shortness of breath, cardiac palpitation, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, dizziness, lassitude, anorexia, excessive menstrual discharge or hematochezia".
Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage , exercise , and dietary therapy...
to "invigorate the spleen function, nourish blood and cause sedation". It has a slight odor, and tastes sweet, and then slightly bitter and pungent. It is used where there is "deficiency syndrome of both the heart and the spleen marked by shortness of breath, cardiac palpitation, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, dizziness, lassitude, anorexia, excessive menstrual discharge or hematochezia".
Chinese classic herbal formula of Guipi Wan
| Name | Chinese (S) | Grams |
|---|---|---|
| Radix Codonopsis | 党参 | 80 |
| Rhizoma-Atractylodis Macrocephalae(stir-baked) | 白术(炒) | 160 |
| Radix Astragali Preparata | 炙黄芪 | 80 |
| Radix GlycyrrhizaePreparata | 炙甘草 | 40 |
| Poria | 茯苓 | 160 |
| Radix Polygalae(processed) | 远志(制) | 160 |
| Semen Ziziphi Spinosae(stir-baked) | 酸枣仁(炒) | 80 |
| Arillus Longan | 龙眼肉 | 160 |
| Radix Angelicae Sinensis | 当归 | 160 |
| Radix Aucklandiae | 木香 | 40 |
| Fructus Jujubae(cored) | 大枣 | 40 |