Plum Flower - Central Chi Teapills (Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan)

What is it?

Plum Flower - Central Chi Teapills, or Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan is a Chinese Herbal Medicine formula that helps promote and maintain a healthy digestive system. It works to boost one's Qi or energy to help you digest better. It's indicated for poor digestion with symptoms of:

• Tendency to need to have a bowel movement (or diarrhea) right after eating
• Intolerance of cold foods, salads, and/or drinks
• Chronic fatigue
• Abdominal distension
• Bloating with pain and gas
• General weakness
• Feeling of coldness
• Chronic diarrhea
• Chronic loose stools

Clinical Notes: This formula is a spleen qi tonic with the addition of  Chai Hu and Sheng Ma, two herbs with upward energy that make this formula especially useful for addressing organ prolapses. Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan can also be thought of as a way to treat Liver attacking Spleen (i.e. tonifying the Spleen to address the relative imbalance between the two organ systems) and has found modern clinical applications for addressing various digestive complaints associated with this pattern).

Herbal Ingredients:

• Huang Qi – Astragalus – Radix Astragali
• Gan Cao – Licorice Root – Radix Glycyrrhizae
• Dang Shen – Codonopsis – Radix Codonopsis
• Bai Zhu – White Atractylodes – Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae
• Dang Gui – Angelica Root – Radicis Angelicae Sinensis
• Sheng Ma – Cimicifuga – Rhizoma Cimicifugae
• Chai Hu – Bupleurum – Radix Bupleuri
• Chen Pi – Tangerine Peel – Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae
• Da Zao – Jujube Date – Fructus Jujubae
• Sheng Jiang – Fresh Ginger – Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens

Other Ingredients: Hydrated magnesium silicate, China wax

Dosage Instructions:

Take 8 Teapills, 3 times daily (or as directed by your healthcare practitioner).

Amount: 200 Teapills per bottle (about 8 days' worth); Economy - 1000 Teapills per bottle