Names Of Gui Pi Wan
Gui Pi Wan TCM Herbal Formula
- English Name: Restore the Spleen Formula
- Pinyin Name: Gui Pi Wan
- Chinese Character: 归脾丸
How Is Gui Pi Wan Categorized?
Gui Pi Wan Functional Groupings
- Primary Category: Tonify
- Subcategory: Tonify the Qi and Blood
Sub Categories Within The Tonify Category
Tonify the BloodTonify the QiTonify the Qi and BloodTonify the YinWarm and Tonify the Yang
There Are 37 Formulas In Our Tonify Category
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How Is Gui Pi Wan Used Clinically?
Gui Pi Wan Usages and Indications
- The formula is used to tonify both the spleen and heart which can be damaged from excessive overthinking, compulsions, etc. along with poor dietary habits and stressful lifestyle.
- Anxiety, phobias, palpitations, insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, poor appetite, pallid complexion.
- In women spleen and heart deficiencies may lead to prolonged periods with little flow or early periods, heavier with pale blood.
Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Gui Pi Wan
Gui Pi Wan Related Conditions and Patterns
AnxietyArrhythmia (Palpitations)InsomniaPalpitationsPhobias
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Heart Blood DeficiencySpleen Qi Deficiency
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Gui Pi Wan Has 10Ingredients
Bai Zhu
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Atractylodes (White) Rhizome
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category
Usages
- Tonifies the spleen, augments qi, dries dampness - diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite, vomiting, edema.
- Stabilizes the exterior and stops sweating - spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency.
- Calms the fetus - arising from spleen deficiency.
Dang Gui
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Chinese Angelica Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category
Usages
- Tonifies the blood, regulates menses - pallid, ashen complexion, tinnitus, blurred vision, palpitations, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
- Invigorates/harmonizes the blood, disperses cold - important herb to stop pain due to blood stasis - abdominal pain, trauma, carbuncles due to blood stasis, chronic bi.
- Moistens dry intestines due to blood deficiency.
- Reduces swellings, expels pus, generates flesh - sores.
Fu Ling
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Poria, China Root
Appears in the Herbs That Drain Dampness category
Usages
- Promotes urination, drains dampness, transforms phlegm - urinary difficulty, diarrhea, edema, headache, dizziness, greasy tongue coat.
- Strengthens the spleen, harmonizes the middle jiao - diarrhea, loss of appetite.
- Quiets the heart and calms the spirit - palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness.
This formula has cautions, see details
Huang Qi
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Astragalus Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category
Usages
- Tonifies spleen qi - lack of appetite, fatigue, diarrhea.
- Raises yang qi of spleen and stomach - prolapse of uterus, stomach, rectum, uterine bleeding.
- Augments the wei qi and stabilizes the exterior - deficiency w/spontaneous sweating, frequent colds or shortness of breath.
- Tonify qi and blood due to loss of blood - postpartum fever.
- Edema from deficiency.
- Promote discharge of pus, generate flesh - sores due to deficiency.
Long Yan Rou
Longan Fruit Flesh
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category
Usages
- Tonify heart and spleen, nourish blood, calm the spirit - insomnia, palpitations, poor memory, dizziness.
Mu Xiang
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Costus Root
Appears in the Herbs That Regulate The Qi category
Usages
- Promotes the movement of Qi, alleviates pain - stagnant qi of the stomach and/or spleen causing lack of appetite, abdominal pain, distention, nausea; liver or gallbladder qi stagnation causing flank pain, distention.
- Regulates stagnated Qi in the intestines - diarrhea, abdominal pain (common herb to treat tenesmus).
- Strengthens the spleen and prevents stagnation, used with tonifying herbs to reduce side effects.
Ren Shen
Ginseng Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category
Usages
- Strongly tonify yuan qi - extreme collapse of qi, shortness of breath, cold limbs, profuse sweating, weak pulse (often used alone for this condition after severe blood loss).
- Tonify lung qi - wheezing, shortness of breath, w/kidneys failing to grasp the qi.
- Strengthen the middle warmer - lethargy, no appetite, chronic diarrhea, prolapse of organs, distended chest/abdomen.
- Generates fluids, stops thirst - xiao ke, damaged fluid due to high dever and profuse sweating.
- Benefits heart qi, calms the spirit - palpitations, anxiety, insomnia, poor memory, restlessness due to qi and/or blood deficiency.
This formula has cautions, see details
Suan Zao Ren
Sour Jujube Seed
Appears in the Herbs That Nourish The Heart and Calm The Spirit category
Usages
- Nourishes heart yin, tonifies liver blood, quiets the spirit - irritability, insomnia, palpitations, anxiety due to blood or yin deficiency.
- Prevents abnormal sweating - spontaneous sweating, nightsweats.
Zhi Gan Cao
Honey Fried Licorice Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category
Usages
- This preparation increases the qi tonifying aspects of the heart and spleen along with its general harmonizing function within formulas. See Gan Cao for complete information.
Zhi Yuan Zhi
Honey Fried Senega Root
Appears in the Herbs That Nourish The Heart and Calm The Spirit category
Usages
- This is the honey fried version of Yuan Zhi. See the Yuan Zhi page for more usage information.
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