056 - Sailor's Step (Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Wan)

Category: digestion, psyche, nerves, insomnia, senses, Heart and blood vessels, prevention, anti-aging, detox, Liver system, Spleen system.

Use of the recipe according to traditional Chinese medicine:

-transforms phlegm and calms the inner wind

-withdraws the rising Yang of the Liver

-strengthens Spleen and Stomach Qi

-soothes head spinning

Description:

A traditional blend of Chinese medicine, authored by the famous Li Dong-Yuan, author of "Treatise on the Stomach and Spleen" (13th century), in which he focused on the "center" - the digestive complex, as the foundation ("grunt" - it is the earth element) of the functioning of the entire body. The mixture was then modified into its present form in the 18th century. Its basic indications are dizziness, vertigo and headaches from the presence of mucus, dampness on the one hand and liver wind on the other. It is often the weakening of the "centre" that is at the beginning, when digestion does not work efficiently and "impure Qi" - dampness and phlegm - is produced. Also the Liver for various reasons (lack of nutrition, heat, emotions) generates the so-called inner wind. Accompanying symptoms are nausea, feeling like vomiting, lack of appetite, Stomach "like on water", thirst, sometimes also clouded or confused thinking. It is used for Meniere's disease, vertigo with nausea and vomiting, or also for nausea during pregnancy. This picture is also a substrate for the onset of more serious neurological manifestations, such as stroke. The principal herb in the mixture is gastrodia, which has the ability to anchor the rising Liver Yang and to do so gently, without hurting the Yin substance, which is very beneficial. The blend also has Er Chen Tang in it - a basic formula to transform mucus. The other herbs harmonize and strengthen the "center", replenish Qi and make the Liver clear. This transforms the phlegm and calms the inner wind - the head stops spinning and aching, walking is confident again. The head is "lighter" and the judgment clearer.

Indications:

-dizziness of the head

-dizziness

-loss of stability

-headache often dull, heavy head feeling

-feeling like vomiting

-"Stomach on water" type nausea

-pressure or feeling of fullness in the chest

-congestion

-sticky feeling in mouth

-lack of appetite

-vomiting of mucus

-blurred vision

-speech, perception, vision disorders

-tremors

-tingling or numbness of the limbs - often asymmetrical

Modern effects:

-vertigo

-Meniere's disease

-conditions after stroke or impending stroke

-hypertension (high blood pressure)

Language:

-may be swollen

-with a sticky, thicker coating

Pulse:

-hua

-xian (slippery, tense)

Contraindications:

-To administer the mixture, both conditions - presence of mucus and internal wind - should be met. Do not administer for dizziness due to other causes. Also beware of persons with Yin deficiency - herbs transforming phlegm may further "hurt" it.

Remark:

For chronic conditions, the mixture needs to be given for a longer period of time, at least 2-3 months. For acute conditions, it acts very quickly.

Recipe Ingredients: