Sun Ten Ping Gan Liu Qi Yin | Tang-kuei & Pinellia Formula Capsule | 平肝流氣飲 / Default Title

Tang-kuei and pinellia share one capsule here, which is efficient, because carrying two jars is a hassle.

Sun Ten Ping Gan Liu Qi Yin is a traditional Chinese herbal formula, the kind with a name that sounds like a title of a movie you'd need subtitles for, built around two workhorse botanicals: tang-kuei (sometimes called dong quai) and pinellia. It's a capsule. You swallow it. That part isn't complicated. What's inside it, though, has a long history in traditional herbal practice, and Sun Ten has been extracting and standardizing these formulas since the 1960s, which is longer than some countries have had cable television.

What This Formula Is About

"Liu Qi" translates roughly to "flowing qi," which sounds like something you'd hear at a spa that also sells crystals, but the underlying idea is straightforward: this formula is traditionally used to support the body's natural balance and promote a smooth, calm sense of well-being. Tang-kuei has been used in Chinese herbalism for centuries to support healthy circulation and general wellness. Pinellia is traditionally included in formulas aimed at supporting digestive comfort and a settled stomach. Put them together and you get a formula that's been part of traditional practice for a long time, not because it's trendy, but because someone kept using it and it kept getting used.

• Supports a calm, relaxed mood as part of daily wellness
• Supports digestive comfort
• Promotes healthy qi circulation, in the traditional sense of the term
• Convenient capsule form, no brewing, no straining leaves out of a mug

Why Capsule Form Matters (To Me, Personally)

Traditional Chinese herbal formulas are usually taken as a decoction, which is a fancy word for "boiled for a long time and then you drink the sad tea that results." Sun Ten extracts the formula and puts it into a capsule instead. This means you get the traditional formula without setting aside an hour to simmer roots on your stove like you're running a very small, very serious soup kitchen. You just take the capsule. It's the same idea, minus the part where your kitchen smells like a forest for the rest of the week.

About Sun Ten

Sun Ten is a manufacturer known for producing concentrated herbal extracts using standardized processes, which in plain English means the formula in this bottle is meant to be consistent from batch to batch. That matters with traditional formulas, because "a pinch of this" doesn't scale well once you're not the one holding the pinch.

This product supports overall wellness as part of a balanced lifestyle. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, and it works best alongside decent sleep, reasonable food choices, and the general effort of not running yourself into the ground, which, let's be honest, is most of what "wellness" actually is.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.