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Tonify Qi and blood, nourish the heart and calm the mind: Traditional Chinese Medicine Guipi Decoction

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Guipi Tang is a traditional Chinese medicine with a long history and is widely praised. Its characteristics are that it can effectively regulate the spleen and stomach and strengthen the Qi and blood, making it a good recipe for many people to maintain health. Today, we will explore the historical background, usage, efficacy and contraindications of Guipi Tang, and provide some dietary therapy solutions to help you better use this traditional Chinese medicine in your daily life.


History of Traditional Chinese MedicineGuipi Soup


Guipi Decoction comes from Jisheng Fang , a tonic recipe created by Song Dynasty physician Yan Yonghe to strengthen the spleen and stomach, especially for patients with insufficient Qi and blood. This recipe is designed to help regulate the spleen and stomach, strengthen physical strength and improve mental state.


It is said that when Yan Yonghe was treating patients, he found that many patients had insufficient Qi and blood due to poor spleen and stomach function, so he created this prescription based on the medical theory of the time. The word "gui" in the name of this prescription means "return", which implies restoring the function of the spleen and replenishing the body's Qi and blood.



Throughout history, many scholars and doctors have studied and applied Guipi Decoction. For example, Li Shizhen, a physician in the Ming Dynasty, mentioned this prescription in his Compendium of Materia Medica, which shows its status and value in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.


This Chinese medicine is mainly used to treat a series of symptoms caused by excessive thinking, fatigue of the heart and spleen, and deficiency of Qi and blood.


Guipi Decoction
歸脾湯

This recipe uses a large group of sweet and warm herbs such as ginseng, astragalus, atractylodes, and grass to nourish the spleen and replenish qi to generate blood, so that qi and blood are vigorous and blood is generated. Angelica and longan meat are sweet and warm to nourish blood and nourish the heart, while Poria (mostly Poria), Ziziphus jujuba, and Radix Polygoni Multiflori can calm the mind and soothe the nerves. Costus root is pungent and dispersing, regulating qi and invigorating the spleen, and is combined with a large number of qi-invigorating and spleen-strengthening herbs, and dates to harmonize the spleen and stomach to transform the source.


It is now used for gastric and duodenal ulcer bleeding, functional uterine bleeding, aplastic anemia, thrombocytopenic purpura, neurasthenia, heart disease and other conditions caused by deficiency of both heart and spleen qi and blood and inability of the spleen to regulate blood.


User Group


Guipi Decoction is suitable for those who often feel tired, have poor appetite, and are in poor spirits, especially the elderly and those in recovery. This prescription is also very suitable for students with great academic pressure and those who pursue a healthy lifestyle, and can help them enhance their physical strength and resistance.



effect


The main effects of this Chinese medicine formula include:

  1. Strengthen the spleen and replenish qi : It can be seen in problems such as loss of appetite and indigestion caused by spleen deficiency.

  2. Nourishes the mind : It has a good regulating effect on symptoms such as anxiety, palpitations and insomnia.

  3. Improve stress resistance : effectively enhance immunity and resist external stress and disease.

  4. Regulate emotions : Help relieve stress and enhance emotional stability.


Dietary therapy plan


In addition to the considerate Chinese medicine, daily diet can also help regulate the spleen and stomach. [Insomnia, forgetfulness, bad temper, poor digestion] Guipi Chicken Soup allows you to sleep well, concentrate, and learn and make decisions better.


You can make Guipi Chicken Soup for dinner or holidays to replenish your energy. What is Guipi Chicken Soup? It is Guipi Soup, which is used as a medicinal material, and then add chicken or black-bone chicken. If you can't eat so much chicken, you can also add a chicken leg to replenish your energy and sleep well.


Guipi Decoction
歸脾湯 -- 雞湯版

Ingredients: 1 yuan each of ginseng, white atractylodes, white poria, angelica root, astragalus root, longan flesh, Polygala tenuifolia, stir-fried sour jujube kernel, 5 cents of costusroot, 3 cents of roasted licorice root


Why can the sour jujube kernels in Guipi Soup help you sleep well? It also contains longan and Polygala tenuifolia, which can help improve memory. If you sleep well at night, you will be able to concentrate at work during the day, improve your logical organization, learn better, and make better decisions.


The ingredients of Guipi Soup include ginseng, astragalus, white atractylodes, tuckahoe, angelica, jujube seeds, longan pulp, longan, faraway root, liquorice and ginger. Please note! Guipi Soup is a tonic. People with colds must wait until the cold is cured before drinking this chicken soup.


When you go to a Chinese medicine store to buy Guipi Soup, you just tell them that you want to buy Guipi Soup and that you probably want to cook two chicken legs or one chicken or a whole chicken. They will give you the exact amount you want, because these things are available in Chinese medicine stores and are very convenient to buy.


If you like sweet food, add more dried longan to make the soup sweeter and children will like it more. You can eat this soup often and I recommend it to everyone.


Taboo


Although Guipi Tang has many advantages, you should still pay attention to the following contraindications when using it:

  1. Damp-heat constitution : For people with damp-heat constitution, using Guipi Decoction may aggravate symptoms. It is recommended to use it under the guidance of a doctor.

  2. People who are prone to getting angry : Those who have dry mouth, flushed face, etc. should take it with caution to avoid aggravating the fire.

  3. Pregnant women : Pregnant women, especially those in early pregnancy, should avoid taking this prescription on their own to avoid affecting the fetus.


Summary


In general, Guipi Tang is a very suitable Chinese medicine prescription for regulating the body and mind and improving health in many aspects. However, it still needs to be used according to the specific situation of the individual, and it is best to be used under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner. I hope this article can help you better understand Guipi Tang and make it a part of your healthy life!



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