Dr. Shen's Free & Easy
200 tablets
Free & Easy Pill, also known as Rambling Powder, Relaxed Wanderer, or Xiao Yao San, was first published in the Imperial Grace Formulary of the Tai Ping era (1078-1085 AD).
When under stress, qi (energy) tightens in your chest. This protective reaction is triggered by by events in our life or events in our memory.
Dr. Shen's Free & Easy Pill reduces feelings of stress by helping to release tension in the chest. Based on a 900-year-old formula, It uses natural substances to relieve chest constraint and to promote the free flow of Qi in the chest.
Other ways to release stress in the chest include breathing and yogic techniques, massage and upper body excercise. Expressive use of the hands stimulates the channels that nourish the chest, so that activities as varied as gardening, giving massage, swimming the breast stroke, and playing basketball can offer relief.
The chief combination is bupleurum (chai hu) and a small amount of mint, which powerfully spread the qi of the chest (Liver Qi). This relieves emotional constraint and often depression. It also helps increase the nourishing and cleansing flows of Qi and blood to the breasts, as well as to the upper and middle organs.
Other herbs in the formula, such as Dang Gui and White Peony (bai shao), build deficient liver blood. The rest of the formula (licorice, ginger, atractylodes) aid digestion and increase formula absorbtion.
Popular variations include Jia Wei Xiao Yao Wan, which adds herbs to clear the heat which often results from stagnation; and Long Gu Muli Xiao Yao Wan, which adds calcium rich fossil bone and oyster shell to Settle the Spirit.
This formula can also be used together with other herbs or formulae when stress or liver heat is an aggravating factor, such as stress-induced headache, eye problems, digestive ills, sinus complaints, menstrual or menopausal problems, or hypertension.
The formula is generally considered safe during pregnancy or nursing, but please consult your doctor.
INGREDIENTS
Hare's Ear Root (Bupleurum Rx, Chai Hu)
Relaxes constrained Qi, releases exterior
Major known constituents: bupleurumol, adonitol, spinasterol, oleic acid
White Peony Root (Paeonia, Bai Shao)
Pacifies the liver, nourishes blood)
Major known constituents: paeoniflorin, paeonol,paeonin, triterpenoids
Tang Gui Root (Angelica, Dang Gui)
Harmonizes the blood, tonifies blood)
Major known constituents: butylidene phthalide, n-valerophenone, vitamin B12, carotene, B-sitosterol
Hoelin (Poria Cocos Sclerotum, Fu Ling)
Quiets the heart, calms the spirit, harmonizes the middle, strengthens spleen
Major known constituents: B-pachyman, tumulosic acid, 3B-hydtoxylanosta-7, chitin, protein, lecithin
White Atractylodis (Atractylodis, Bai Zhu)
Benefits the qi, stabilizes the exterior, strengthens the spleen, dries dampness
Major known constituents: atractylol, atractylon, vitamin A
Ginger (Zinzeberis, Sheng Jiang)
Releases the exterior, disperses cold, adjusts the nutritive and protective
Major known constituents: Qizingiberol, zingiberene, phellandrene, camphene, albizzine, cureumene, gingerol
Chinese Licorice Root (Glycyrrhizae, Gan Cao)
Harmonizes other herbs, clears heat, detoxifies fire poison, benefits the qi
Major known constituents: glycyrrhizic acid, uralenic acid, loquiitigenin
Mint Leaf (Mentha Folium, Bo He)
Frees constrained qi, clears the head and eyes, disperseswind heat
Major known constituents: menthol,camphene, limonene, pulegone