Xiao Chai Hu Tang

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Blend description:

The Opening Door tincture is based on the traditional Xiao Chai Hu Tang blend, administered by Chinese medicine practitioners.

It’s one of the most frequently used blends in China, with a rather wide range of application. According to traditional Chinese medicine, it harmonises Shao Yang. Apart from Shao Yang harmonising herbs, it also contains ginseng which brings harmony to the user’s mental state and performance, promotes concentration, and helps fight stress. Furthermore, the blend contains liquorice which boosts digestion, or ginger which aids the immune system, harmonises blood sugar, promotes digestion, and clears airways as well as the cardiovascular system. More information about the blend’s general effects can be found in publicly accessible sources, such as cinskyherbar.cz.

Effects according to Chinese medicine:

• harmonises Shao Yang
• promotes Zheng Qi (“proper” Qi)
• expels climate pathogens
• Han (cold pathogen) tightens the Shao Yang path, causing it to lose its ability to manage the growth of the pure and the fall of the turbid
• the tightening of Gan Dan Qi (liver and gall bladder Qi), accompanied by Dan Re (gall bladder heat) afflicting Wei (stomach), and by Gan Qi (liver Qi) afflicting Pi (spleen)

Tongue: thin, white, or greasy furring

Pulse: stringy (xian)

Composition:

Other educational sources:

Sheid, Bensky, Ellis, Barolet: Chinese Herbal Medicine Formulas and Strategies 
Shied, Ellis - Handbook of Formulas in Chinese Medicine  
John K.Chen, Tina T.Chen - Chinese Herbal Formulas and Applications
Ando - Farmakologie klasické čínské medicíny 
Hampen, Fischer - A Materia Medica for Chinese Medicine 
Giovanni Maciocia - The Practice of Chinese Medicine
Giovanni Maciocia - The Tree Treasures
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