Seven Forests Epimedium 8

Epimedium 8, also known as Wen Yang Pian, warms yang.

What it is best for:

• Allergies- Seasonal
• Cold-Feeling
• Cold-Lower Body
• Hormone Levels- Low
• Upper Body- Warm

Epimedium 8 helps with these Chinese Medicine patterns:

• Yang-Deficient

Epimedium 8 general notes

Epimedium 8 is based on a modern Chinese formula called Wenyang Tang (Warm the Kidney Yang Decoction), also known as the kidney reinforcing regimen. It has been shown to help prevent seasonal support the respiratory system attacks, normalize adrenal production of corticosteroids, and positively affect hormone receptors in aged persons. From the traditional point of view, this is a modification of Rehmannia Eight Combination (Jingui Shenqi Wan) and the Pill of Right Restoration (Yougui Wan) retaining the common base ingredients rehmannia, dioscorea, and aconite. Here epimedium and psoralea are used to tonify kidney yang in place of the cinnamon bark used in the original formulas. Cuscuta, an ingredient of Yougui Wan, is used as the essence astringent in place of cornus ophiopogon is used to nourish the yin in balancing the warming yang tonics. Epimedium with ophiopogon helps strengthen the lungs in Cordyceps 9, a similar strategy is applied using epimedium and asparagus ophiopogon and asparagus are closely related botanically and have similar properties. The small dose of citrus is added to aid in digestion of the rich tonics. Some concern is often raised by practitioners about kidney warming therapies: do they tend to cause the person to become overheated? In most cases, this will not be a problem because significant yang deficiency leads to "floating yang", a condition that produces heat symptoms in the upper body (usually with cold in the lower body) by using an appropriate yang tonic formula, the yang is rooted in the kidney and does not produce heat symptoms (in fact, some deficiency heat symptoms are thereby relieved).

Epimedium 8 by Seven Forests contains these ingredients:

How you use it:

2-3 tablets, three times a day.