Sun Ten Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang | Bupleurum & Dragon Bone Combination Granules | 柴胡加龍骨牡蠣湯 / Default Title

Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang is a traditional granule blend built around bupleurum root, and no, the "dragon bone" ingredient does not come from a dragon (I checked, it's fossilized mineral, which is somehow both more boring and more impressive).

What This Formula Actually Is

Sun Ten makes this one the old fashioned way, which is to say the way people have been making it for a very long time, using concentrated granules instead of a pot of simmering roots on your stove for four hours. This is a classic combination formula, meaning it's not one herb doing all the work, it's a whole committee of herbs, and like any good committee, most of them are just there to balance out the loud ones. Bupleurum leads. Dragon bone (mineral fossil, not dragon) and oyster shell round things out, along with a supporting cast that includes ginger, cinnamon, and a few others who don't get their names on the label but show up anyway.

What It's Traditionally Used For

In traditional use, this formula is associated with supporting a calm, relaxed mood and promoting restful sleep, especially for people who feel a little wound up for no obvious reason. It's the kind of thing you take when your mind is doing the equivalent of forty browser tabs open at once. This granule form supports healthy nervous system function and general daily wellness, and it dissolves in warm water, which is either tea or a very committed cup of soup, depending on your outlook.

• Supports a calm, relaxed mood
• Supports restful sleep
• Supports healthy nervous system function
• Promotes general digestive comfort
• Convenient granule form, no stovetop required

How People Take It

Granules dissolve into warm water in about the time it takes to complain about how long it's taking. No decocting, no straining out root fragments, no herbal debris floating around like something you'd find at the bottom of a pond. Sun Ten concentrates the formula first so you're not measuring out a science fair project every morning, you're just stirring a spoonful into a cup and getting on with your day.

Quality Notes

Sun Ten has been producing standardized Chinese herbal granules for decades, using consistent extraction methods so the formula in this bag is the same as the one in the last bag, and the one before that. Reliability isn't exciting to talk about, but it's the whole point of buying granules instead of foraging for dragon bone yourself, which, again, isn't a real option, because dragons.

*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.