He Huan Pi
Albiziae Cortex
sweet, neutral
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Sleeplessness
- Irascibility
- Forgetfulness
- Trauma
- Abscesses
He Huan Pi is sweet and neutral. It enters the heart and liver systems to calm the shen for emotional upset and support normal sleep. Its sweet property is nourishing to the liver and calming to the shen.
Channels: heart, liver
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Angina pain
- Abscesses internally and externally
- Mood swings
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Poor appetite
- Physical trauma
Contraindications: He Huan Pi should be prescribed cautiously to patients that are pregnant
Zoo Image: a spirit riding a deer with 5 emotions can’t remember the deer’s name as he hits the deer’s leg with a bone, there is a blue bird on the deer’s antler