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title: "Suan Zao Ren"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/597/suan-zao-ren"
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# Suan Zao Ren

### Zizyphi Spinosae Semen

_sweet, sour, neutral_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Irritability
- Insomnia
- Heart palpitations
- Anxiety
- Spontaneous sweating
- Night sweats

Suan Zao Ren is sweet to nourish, sour to stabilize, and neutral
for safe long term use. It enters the gallbladder, liver, heart, and
spleen systems. Suan Zao Ren is an important herb for sleep
disorders working both on the liver and the heart. It has a yin
tonifying effect.

**Channels:** heart, liver, spleen, gallbladder

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Insomnia
- Restless sleep
- Menopausal symptoms
- Night sweats
- Palpitations
- Pain relief

**Formulas:**
- Bu Gan Tang
- Gui Pi Tang
- Suan Zao Ren Tang
- Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan

**Contraindications:** prescribe Suan Zao Ren with caution to
patients that have diarrhea or heat from excess patterns

**Zoo Image:** a sweating deer wearing sweat pants is shushing the heart in a
sleigh, the heart is on a pillow and has a bottle, there’s a liver blood drop
trying to hitch a ride

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