The long experience in the use of traditional Chinese herbs proves that they are highly effective and that most kinds have no toxicity and little or no side effects. They are also good for recuperation and building up resistance to diseases. Theoretically, traditional Chinese herbs have four properties, i.e. cold, hot, warm and cool. Besides, traditional Chinese herbs also have different functions - ascending and descending, floating and sinking. Traditional Chinese herbs have been also used to reach different meridians to balance different organs, tissues, muscles and tendons.

COMBINATION

Shentann carries the most extensive line of traditional Chinese herbal formulas in the states and abroad. The Practitioners and Patients is serve assert consistent and effective results from the products. Along with the traditional formulas, Shentann consists high potency herbal ingredients offers a line: Healthy & Natural.

Ingredients

Dan Shen (Salvia Miltiorrhiza)
Ku Shen (Sophora)
Ren Shen (Ginseng)
Fang Feng (Ledebouriella)
Lian Qiao (Forsythia Fruit)
Chang Er Zi (Xanthium)

Dan Shen (Salvia Miltiorrhiza)

Description
Rhizomes short and stout, sometimes with remains of a stem at the apex. Several roots, long cylindrical, slightly curved, some branched and with rootlets, 10~20 cm long, 0.3~1 cm in diameter.
Externally brownish-red or dark brownish-red, rough, longitudinally wrinkled. The bark of old roots loose mostly purplish-brown, usually scaling off. Texture hard and fragile, fracture loose, cleft or slightly even and dense, with brownish-red bark and grayish-yellow or purplish-brown wood, showing bundles of vessels, yellowish-white, arranged radically. Odor, slight; taste, slightly bitter and astringent. Cultivars relatively stout, 0.5~1.5 cm in diameter.
Externally reddish-brown, longitudinally wrinkled, the bark closely adhering to wood and uneasy to be scaled off. Texture compact, fracture relatively even, slightly horny.

Action
To remove blood stasis and relieve pain, to promote the flow of blood and stimulate menstrual discharge, and to ease the mind.

Indications
Menstrual disorders, mass formation in the abdomen; pricking pain in the chest and abdomen, pain in acute arthritis and subcutaneous infection; fidgets and insomnia.

Referential Advice

Promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis - It is used to helps stasis due to blood-heat, irregular menstruation, and mass in the abdomen. It can also be administered for treatment of angina pectoris in coronary heart disease, hypochondriac pain due to stagnation of the liver qi and stomachache due to blood stasis and sluggish flow of qi.

Relieving restlessness and tranquilizing the mind - The herb is used to cure impairment of ying (the vessels in which blood and qi are lodged) during the course of febrile diseases, vexation and insomnia. Liquor infusion of red sage root taken before retiring to bed can cure neurasthenia.

Subduing swelling and relieving pain - It is used to subdue swelling and relieve pain in carbuncles, sores and other skin and external diseases, swelling and pain of the joints and muscles due to arthritis of heat type, etc. The herb can be administered for the treatment of thromboangiitis obliterans and hypertension.

Ku shen (Sophora)

Description
Long cylindrical, usually branched in lower part, 10~30cm long, 1~2cm in diameter. Externally grayish-brown or brownish-yellow, exhibiting longitudinal wrinkles and transverse elongated lenticels. Outer bark thin, mostly broken and recurred, easily exfoliated, the exposed surface appearing yellow and smooth. Texture hard, uneasily broken, fracture fibrous. Slices 3~6mm thick; transversely cut surface yellowish-white with radial lines and cracks, some exhibiting concentric striations. Odor slight; taste bitter.

Action
To remove heat and damp, to kill parasites, and to cause diuresis.

Indications
Acute dysentery with bloody stools; jaundice with oliguria; bloody and purulent leucorrhea; pudendal swelling and itching; eczema, sores with exudation, itching of the skin, scabies, and leprosy. Externally use for trichomonas vaginitis.

Referential Advice

Clearing away heat and resolving dampness - For the treatment of dysentery due to invasion by damp-heat, it may be combined with Radix Scutellariae, Herba Portulacae or Radix Puerariae and Fructus Crataegi; for bloody stools or hemorrhoids, with Radix Sanguisorbae, Fructus Sophorae.
Killing parasites and stopping itching - For the treatment of scabies or tinea, eczema, pruritus, etc., it is often combined with Cortex Dictamni Radicis, Fructus Cnidii, etc.; for seborrheic dermatitis, impetigo, etc., 60g of the drug in combination with 45g of Radix Angelicae Sinensis may be used by making them into pills with honey, and it is advisable that the pills should be taken for a long time; for trichomonas vaginitis, pruritus valvae with leukorrhagia, it is often combined with Radix Pulsatillae, Fructus Cnidii, etc.; for leprosy, with Semen Hydnocarpi, Fructus Xanthii,etc.
Besides, it can be used to treat jauntice. And since it has the function of promoting diuresis, it can also be used to treat stranguria or disorder of urination due to accumulation and retention of damp-heat.

Tips
Used internally and externally, the herb is an excellent remedy for sores, pruritus and other skin ailments.

Ren Shen (Ginseng)

Description

Garden ginseng : Mainly, there are two kinds: dried raw ginseng and steamed red ginseng
Dried raw ginseng - The main root is conical or spindle in shape, 6-9 cm in length and 1-2 cm in diameter. The upper part is connected to the thin rhizome which is 2-5.5 cm in length. There are 4-6 convex stalk marks which are arranged in alternate order. Winter sprouts can often be seen beside the convex stalk marks at the top of the rhizome. while at the lower part of the rhizome, there are 2-4 tributary roots and a few thin offroots which are 8-12 cm in length. There are irregular vertical wrinkles and thin cross striations one the surface which is light brown in colour. Cross striations of the main root are thin and close, and the striations form into circles. The tributary roots have few long and transverse lenticels. The dried root is hard in texture, with its cross section being yellowish-white in colour. There are many radial crevices on the root bark, on which some yellowish-brown spots are scattered. The root is peculiarly fragrant in smell, and a little sweet and bitter in taste.
Steamed red ginseng - It is usually 6-17 cm long in all. The main root is 3-10 cm in length, with its surface being transparent and reddish-brown in colour. Opaque dark brown spots can occasionally be found and vertical furrows, wrinkles and marks of small roots are all over. Annular furrows can be seen in the upper part, while there are 2-3cross twisted tributary roots in the lower part. There are marks of stalk and 1-2 complete or broken adventitious roots on the rhizome. Steamed red ginseng is hard and fragile in texture. Its cross section is smooth and cutin-like.
Dried raw wild mountain ginseng - The main root is as long as the rhizome or even shorter. It is usually 2-10 cm in length, lambdoid, rhomboid, or cylindrical in shape. Its surface is greyish-yellow in colour and has vertical furrows. The top of the main rot has close and deep annular transverse striations and the lower part often has two tributary roots. Its fibrous roots are long, thin, not twisty, and have distinct verrucous processes. The rhizome is long and thin, and has dense stalk marks at the upper part. The adventitious root is relatively thick and date pit-like in shape.

Action And Indications

Invigorating the primodial qi - It is used for the symptoms of shortness of breath, mental fatigue, faint an indistinct pulse and prostration due to severe or chronic illnesses, profuse bleeding and excessive vomiting or diarrhea.
Tonifying the spleen and lung - The drug is prescribed for the symptoms of poor appetite, loose stool, magersucht and lassitude due to deficiency of the spleen-qi, dyspnea and spontaneous perspiration due to deficiency of the lung and kidney.
Promoting the production of body fluid to quench thirst - It is used for the treatment of thirst due to impairment of body fluid and diabetes.
Tranquilizing the mind and invigorating wisdom - It is use for the treatment of insomnia, amnesia, palpitation or severe palpitation due to deficiency of the heart-qi

Tips
Strictly avoid tea and turnips when using ginseng; ginseng regulates blood pressure and blood sugar as well; promotes secretion of sexual hormones in men and women; promotes blood production by tonifying qi

Fang Feng (Ledebouriella)

Description
Long conical or long cylindrical, gradually tapering towards the lower part, some slightly tortuous, 15~30cm long, 0.5~2cm in diameter. Externally grayish-brown, rugged, with longitudinal wrinkles, numerous transverse-elongated lenticels and dotted raised rootlet scars. Root stock with obvious dense annulations, some annulations marked by brown hair-like remains of leaf bases. Texture light, easily broken, fracture uneven, bark brownish and cracked, wood yellowish. Odour, characteristic; taste, sweetish.

Action
To induce diaphoresis, to dispel wind, to alleviate rheumatic condition, and to relieve spasm.

Indications
Headache in colds; urticaria; rheumatic arthralgia; tetanus

Referential Advice

Dispelling pathogenic wind and dispersing exopathogens from superficies of the body - It is used in treating the exterior syndromes especially for those patients with severe headache and pantalgia.The is slightly warm in nature but without dryness, and moderate sweet in taste with mild effects; it is considered as one of the medicines for dispersing the wind but with moisturizing effect; it can be indicated in exterior syndrome either with wind-cold or with wind-heat. For the treatment of syndrome of wind-cold, it is often combined with Henthae, Folium Mori; for the treatment of urticaria, skin itching, with Herba Schizonepetae, Fdructus Arctii, Fructus Tribuli, etc.
Resolving dampness and arresting soreness - It can be used in treating syndrome of arthralgia due to invasion of pathogenic wind, cold and dampness in combination with Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterugii, Racix Angelocae Pubescentis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, etc; and by this combination its functions of resolving dampness and dispersing wind will be reenforced.
Dispelling wind and arresting convulsion. - It can be used to treat tetanus, marked by opisthotonus, locked jaw, spasm of general convulsion, etc in combination with Rhizoma Arisaematis, Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Rhizoma Ty phomii, etc..

Tips
Especially effective in "wind-moist" ailments.

Lian Qiao (Forsythia Fruit)

Description
Long ovoid to ovoid, slightly compressed, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 0.5-1.3 cm in diameter. Externally with irregular longitudinal wrinkles numerous raised small maculaters, and longitudinal furrow on each of the two surfaces. Apex acute, bearing a small fruit stalk or its scar at the base. "Qingqiao" mostly indehiscent, externally greenish-brown, with less small greyish-white maculaters, texture hard; seeds numerous, yellowish-green, slender, winged at one side. "Laoqiao" dehiscent from apex or to two segments, outer surface yellowish-brown or reddish-brown, inner surface mostly pale yellowish-brown, smooth, with a longitudinal septum. Texture brittle; seeds brown, mostly fallen off. Odour, slightly aromatic; taste, bitter.

Action
To remove toxic heat, to cause subsidence of swelling, and to eliminate nodulation.

Indications
Carbuncles, boils, lymphadenitis, mastitis, erysipelas; upper respiratory infection; febrile diseases at the early stage and at the stage with high fever, dire thirst, delirium and maculation; acute urinary infection with oliguria.

Referential Advice

Reducing intense heat and eliminating virulent substances - It is used to treat the febrile diseases at beginning stage accompanied with fever, slight aversion of wind, eruptions and so on. The drug being light in its weight and having functions of reducing evil heat from superficies,it is often in combination with such drugs for eliminating virulent heat or dispersing heat from the superficies as Flos Lonicerae, Herba Menthae, etc; to treat heat syndrome due to invasion of the chest and diphragm by evil heat accompanied with fidgets, it can be combined with Radix Scutellariae; to treat those with fever, fidgets and unconsciousness, it may be combined with Cornu Rhinoceri or Flos Lonicerae, Folium Isatidis, Radix Scutellariae, etc.; to treat pyogenic skin infections or mastitis, et., with Flos Lonicerae, Herba Violae, Herba Taraxaci, Flos Chrysanthemi Indici, etc. In short, the drug is an indispensable drug for treating diseases due to virulent heat, and often combined with Flos Lonicerae in clinical pratice.
Eliminating fire and dispersing mass - To treat scrofula due to tuberclosis, it is often combined with Radix Scrophulariae, Spica Prunellae, etc. Besides, it is also used to treat anaphylactic purpura in combination with Radix Paeoniae Rubra 10g, Herba Ephedrae 6g, Radix Glycyrrhizae 6g, for decoction.

Tips
Similar action as Lonicera japonica; used in combination, their efficacy is greatly enhanced

Chang Er Zi (Xanthium)

Description
Fusiform or ovoid, 1~1.5 cm long, 4~7 mm in diameter. Externally yellowish-brown or yellowish-green, with hooked spines throughout. Summit with 2 relatively thick spines, separated or linked up, base with a fruit stalk scar. Texture hard and flexible, the centre of transverse section showing a septum and 2 loculi, each having an achene. Achene slightly fusiform, relatively even at one side, apex with a protruding remains of style, pericarp thin, grayish-black, with longitudinal wrinkle. Testa membranous, pale grey, cotyledons 2, oily. Odour, slight; taste, slightly bitter.

Action
To dispel wind and damp, and to relieve nasal obstruction.

Indications
Headache caused by wind-cold; sinusitis with nasal discharge; urticaria with itching; arthritis with muscle contracture caused by wind-damp.

Referential Advice

Dispersing wind and removing the obstruction of the orifices - It is indicated in headache due to affection by wind-cold or wind-syndrome of head, or indicated in nasosinusitis. For the treatment of headache due to affection by wind-cold or wind-syndrome of head it is often combined with Radix Ledebouriellae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Ligustici, etc. The drug is regard as a main medicine in treating nasosinusitis, characterized by headache with sinusitis, episodes of running nose, loss of smelling; and for the treatment of nasosinusitis it is often combined with Flos Magnoliae and Radix Angelicae Dahurica.
Resolving dampness and arresting soreness - It is indicated in rheumatic arthralgia, numbness of muscles and often combined with Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterygii, Radix Ledebouriellae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, etc.

Dosage
Take 2 times daily 1 capsule each time. Should be taken after meals, morning and evening with cool water. For children the dosage should be reduced to half.

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