Vitality (Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang) - 75 tablets by Jade Herbal

Indications: Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue, depression, dizziness, loss of appetite, muscle pain and mild fatigue, poor memory and concentration, prolapse of the uterus, stomach or bladder, all types of gastric probems like gastritis, gastroenteritis, indigestion, hemorrhoids, Crohn's disease.

Traditional use:
- Exhaustion of the original Qi
- Impairment of Qi of the Stomach and Spleen
- Yang Qi Descent and Yin Fire Rise
- Yi trouble

Category:
Reconstituting and toning formulas (Bu Yi Ji)
tonify the Qi

Action:
- Tonify the original Qi
- Raise the Yang
- Adjusts and strengthens the Spleen and Stomach
- Adjusts the ascent and descent
- Regularizes the Spleen (Yi)

Origin: BU ZHONG YI QI TANG

Tongue: pale, thinly coated and white.
PULSE: Xu (empty), Da (big), Wu Li (without force)

Ingredients:
Radix astragali (Huang Qi) : 19,3%
Radix ginseng (Ren Shen) : 19,3%
Radix angelica sinensis (Dang Gui) : 19,3%
Radix glycyrrhizea uralensis (Zhi Gan Cao) : 6,5%
Pericarpium citri reticulatae (Chen Pi) : 6,5%
Rhizoma cimicifuga (Sheng Ma) : 9,7%
Radix bupleuri (Chai Hu) : 9,7%
Rhizoma atractylodes macrocephalae (Bai Zhu) : 9,7%

Dosage:
2 times a day, 2 to 3 tablets each time

Package:
75 tablets x 2500mg (Jade Herbal concentration)

RESEARCH
 
Anti-aging:
In the Winter 2000 issue of the American Journal of Chinese Medicine, Drs. Hung-che Shih et al. studied the anti-aging effect of Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang in mice. The results of this study were published in an article titled, "Anti-aging Effects of The Traditional Chinese Medicine Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang in Mice."

Following repeated oral administrations of Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang at 250 and 500 mg/kg, the normal and senile test mice were assessed for 1) endurance, 2) learning and memory, 3) neuromuscular coordination, and 4) changes in the levels of monoamines in the brain. The results indicated that Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang improved endurance in all strains in a dose-dependent manner. At the higher dose of 500 mg/kg, it improved memory in both the normal and senile mice. In prolonged rota-rod tests, which assessed both motor coordination and endurance, Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang significantly improved performance in specifically the senile mice. Elevated dopamine and noradrenaline were observed in conical tissues of the senile at the high dose of 500 mg/kg. Taken together, the results indicated that Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang appeared to exert anti-aging effects in mice and elevation in certain monoamines in brain cortical tissues.

These results are consistent with the notion that Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang improves health status in general but slows down or partially reverses aging in particular. In terms of individual ingredients within Immortal Qi, Huang Qi delays the natural aging process of diploid blastocytes, prolonging the life of cells by one third. It also acts as a free radical scavenger and antioxidant. 

IMMUNE-BOOSTING:
As a whole Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang can increase the activity of natural killer cells in the blood and increase the serum level of interferon-gamma (IFN-g) which are crucial in our body's defense against pathogens. Thus Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang enhances the immune function and protects the body from infections of bacteria and virus as well as from immmunosuppression due to radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or stress. When Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang is administered as adjuvant therapy of cancer patients before and after chemotherapy and surgery, the patients showed improved fatigue and tiredness, improved appetite and diarrhea, better spirit and recovery compared to the controls. In particular, Huang Qi strengthens immunity to disease increasing the production of lymphocytes and macrophages, by inhibiting pathological changes on the molecular level caused by viruses, and by stimulating the synthesis of antibodies. Other research indicates that Huang Qi enhances the body's natural defense functions by stimulating the responsiveness of T cells. In addition, one study found that subjects with advanced cancer showed a two-to-threefold increase in the strength of their immune response after consuming Huang Qi.