Menopause Relief Herb Pack

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Lycium Gou Qi Zi Goji Berry

Lycium – Goji Berries (Gou Qi Zi)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Lycium Gou Qi Zi Goji BerryWhether you call it Goji Berry, Gou Qi Zi, Chinese Wolfberry or Lycium it is all a power packed little red berry that has recently been discovered in the West, but has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for millennia. Traditionally grown on bushy vines in mountainous areas, Lycium fruit provides energy, is commonly used to strengthen the immune system and is used in our menopause supplement for its ability to improve sexual fluids and enhance fertility functions. (It also tastes great!)

Lycium Fruit has a high concentration of beta-carotene, vitamins B1 and B2, as well as vitamin C. It also contains eighteen kinds of amino acids and important trace minerals. Heat processing can destroy all these vitamins so be sure your Lycium berry is processed in only pharmaceutical grade facilities, like ours to preserve all its natural constituents.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Epimedium Yin Yang Huo

Epimedium (Yin Yang Huo)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Epimedium Yin Yang HuoEpimedium nourishes your yin and improves and promotes healthy bone density with trace minerals and bone growth factors. Epimedium has many research studies showing its ability to improve bone density while protecting the bones from typical degenerative aging by protecting cells with well known phytonutrients. Epimedium is also commonly known as Horny Goat weed, most likely for its powerful physical yang stimulating effects on energy. You may have heard of it as a sexual tonic but in TCM it is considered both a Yin and Yang tonic herb. We use it in our herb pack because it serves both these functions. While its important to nourish our yin while we age, women can always use supportive herbs for our yang energy, especially during peri-menopause and menopause. Epimedium is used in a famous ancient formula for fertility known as Two Immortal Pill because of its ability to tonify the liver and kidney energy and both the yin and yang. It is a commonly used herb for all menopause symptoms including, hot flashes, night sweats, mental disturbances, irritability, insomnia and palpitations. Combined with the other herbs in out menopause treatment, it has remarkable functions. The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences places this herbs in a group of elite group of herbs that slow aging and promote longevity.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Ligusticum Nu Zhen Zi

Ligustrum Fruit (Nu Zhen Zi)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Ligusticum Nu Zhen ZiLigustrum nourishes and tonifies the liver and kidney channels. It is very effective at clearing heat from deficiency conditions such as menopausal hot flashes and night sweats. Also, this herb is excellent at improving the vision because it augments the liver and kidneys.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Eclipta Mo Han Lian

Eclipta (Mo Han Lian)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Eclipta Mo Han LianEclipta has a wide range of biological uses. In China it has been used as a cooling and restorative herb for centuries. Eciplta is considered to be one of the best remedies for the hair and is also used as a rejuvenative liver tonic. The wide range of chemical compounds make eclipta excellent for many medicinal uses. Active ingredients include coumestans, alkaloids, thiopenes, flavonoids, polyacetylenes, triterpenes and their glycosides have all been isolated and documented.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Alisma Ze Xie

Alisma (Ze Xie)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Alisma Ze XieAlisma contains a pungent, volatile oil, which is the source of its medicinal attributes. Alisma is often used to alleviate water retention. Its urination-promoting actions are used to reduce edema and urinary difficulties. Additionally, alisma is used to help treat dizziness with heat and ringing in the ears. Studies have shown that alisma lowers blood pressure. Alisma is known to lower lipids in blood, lower blood cholesterol levels, exhibit antibacterial properties, and lower blood sugar. Its many uses are well documented and are the perfect compliment to the other herbs in our natural menopause treatment.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Poria Fu Ling

Poria (Fu Ling)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Poria Fu LingPoria is most commonly used to strengthen the spleen and calms the mind in TCM. Beyond poria’s principal action, this herb is also used to calm the heart spirit.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Dioscoreae Root Shan Yao

Discoreae Root (Shan Yao)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Dioscoreae Root Shan YaoFood should be our first medicine and Discorea is wild yam, a traditional food source. Discorea is used as a supportive herb in our menopause supplement to balance both the yin and yang with its neutral energy. Yam is known as one of the easiest foods to digest and this herb helps both the digestive system and our yin by naturally replenishing bodily fluids we often lose in the aging process. It is a rich sources of trace minerals like copper, calcium, potassium, iron, manganese and phosphorus. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids which helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure by countering hypertensive effects of sodium.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Moutan Mu Dan Pi

Cortex Moutan (Mu Dan Pi)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Moutan Mu Dan PiThis herb is the bark of the root Paeonia suffruticosa. Chinese Medicine says this herb invigorates the blood and moves the blood. When combined with other herbs in this formula it is famous for nourishing and cooling your blood or yin energy.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Cornus fruit Shan Zhu Yu

Fructus Cornus (Sha Zhu Yu)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Cornus fruit Shan Zhu YuFructus Cornus is used in approximately twenty key Traditional Chinese herbal formulas because of its ability to stabilize the adrenals, stop excessive sweating and tonify both the liver and kidney energy. It has other uses as well along with providing an important function of enhancing other herbs in this formula. Fructus Cornus is commonly used in conjuction with Rehmannia and Discorea to nourish and tonify the liver and kindey channels for healthy aging. This herbal threesome creates a powerful triangle of healing energy when used together.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Rehmanniae Root Shu Di Huang

Rehmannia Root (Shu Di Huang)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Rehmanniae Root Shu Di HuangRehmannia supports the yin and has key nutrients. Rehmannia is one of the most important herbs used in Asian medicine to nourish the kidneys the liver and strengthen the essence. What this means is it improves adrenal function. We use the cooked form in our herb pack as a tonic to nourish and replenish the hormonal balance. TCM considers this herb a blood tonic and can be used by both men and women to protect the liver. There is also evidence that cooked Rehmannia lowers blood pressure which naturally rises as we age. Rehmannia has been known through-out the ages as “the great nourisher” because of its many anti-aging, and rejuvenating functions.

Known Constituents of Rehmannia: Alanine, Arginine, Aspartic-acid, Aucubin, Beta-sitosterol, Calcium, Catalpol, Copper, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, Gaba, Glucosamine, Glutamic- acid, Glycine, Histidine, Iron, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Magnesium, Manganese, Manninotriose, Mannitol, Melittoside, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Phosphoric-acid, Potassium, Proline, Raffinose, Rehmaglutins, Rehmanniosides, Serine, Stachyose, Sucrose, Threonine, Tyrosine, Valine, Verbascose, Zinc, Vitamins A, B, C, D, amino acids, cerebroside.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Anemarrhenae Root Zhi Mu

Anemarrhenae Root (Zhi Mu)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Anemarrhenae Root Zhi MuIt is the root of this herb that has properties of clearing excess fire and at the same time nourishing the yin. These are two very important treatment principals and therefore makes this herb a prized possession. Its major chemical constituents include saponines, flavonoids, polysaccharides and alkaloids.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Liquorice Root

Licorice Root (Gan Cao)

Pac Herbs Ingredient Liquorice RootLicorice has a long and highly varied record of uses. It was and remains one of the most important herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is said this herb goes to all twelve channels of the body, a claim given to only a few Chinese herbs. By entering all body channels this herb is often used for its guiding actions to help other herbs enter into channels they would otherwise not normally affect. This is the beauty of Chinese herbal medicine, its ability to combine herbs in formulas to achieve actions they might otherwise not be able to do alone. Licorice has a sweet flavor, sweet Chinese herbs are helpful in tonifying the pancreas. The two major constituents of licorice are glycyrrhizin and flavonoids. Flavonoids are antioxidants known to improve circulation and relieve tissues damage and have a role in reducing inflammation.