AN SHEN BU XIN PIAN
Calm the Heart Tablet – Nurturing the Heart function for a peaceful mind.
TCM Therapeutic Actions:
Harmonizes Heart and Kidney function; promotes healthy blood flow to nurture the Heart; calms the mind and spirit (Shen). Also supplements Yin and Blood, regulates Qi and moves Blood.
TCM Indications:
Calms the nerves and brings the Heart back into balance with a normal beating rhythm, helps the Heart regain its proper functions, which creates energy and increases blood volume. This formula is specifically for Heart and Liver Yin deficiency with rising Yang and severe Shen and Hun disturbances; panic attacks, PTSS, insomnia, nightmares, sleepwalking, HTN, anxiety, palpitations, tinnitus.
Modern Indications:
High blood pressure, neurasthenic insomnia, neurosis, Meniere's disease, arrhythmia.
S u p p l e m e n t F a c t s
Serving Size: 3 tablets Servings per container: 20
Proprietary blend 2.2g* (750mg per tablet)
Chinese salvia (Dan-Shen) root
Mother-of-pearl (Zhen-Zu-Mu)
Schisandra (Wu-Wei-Zi) fruit
Ligustrum (Nu-Zhen-Zi) fruit
Chinese dodder (Tu-Si-Zi) seed
Grass-leaved calamus (Shi-Chang-Pu) rhizome
Eclipta (Han-Lian-Cao) herb
Silk tree (He-Huan-Pi) bark
Cooked rehmannia (Shu-Di-Huang) root
*Daily Value not established
Contraindications:
Contraindicated in pregnancy, cancer and anti-coagulant therapy. Caution to be used in patients with hypermenorrhea, hemoptysis or hematuria.
TCM Contraindications:
Use cautiously in patients with Spleen and Kidney deficiencies and those experiencing diarrhea and Cold. Do not use in the initial stages of cough, rashes, common cold or any
exterior condition. Not recommended in patients with Yang deficiency, coldness or water accumulation in the Heart channel.
Pharmaceutical Interactions:
This formula may INCREASE anticoagulant and antiplatelet effects; use cautiously with these types of agents as well as thrombolytic agents and low molecular weight heparins.
This formula may DECREASE plasma glucose levels, and if used with antidiabetic medications, may cause hypoglycemia.
This formula may inhibit benzodiazepine receptor binding by flunitazepam and may reverse some effects of diazepam. Digoxin-like immunoreactivity has been shown and may interfere
with serum assays of digoxin.
Comments:
Best if taken at the end of the day or before bedtime. In severe cases or in early stages, may increase dose 50% for a few weeks, then decrease as symptoms improve. Short-term use
recommended. After a few weeks replace formula with a more constitutional approach.
Recommended Usage: 2-3 tablets twice daily with warm water.
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