Gui Pi Wan - Nourishing Yin (Anxiety, Insomnia)

In the modern world, where stress and anxiety reign and mental health woes are compounded by assaults to the gut-brain axis, Gui Pi Wan, also known as Gui Pi Tang, has emerged as a key Chinese medicine formula in the treatment of modern mental health issues. By combining herbs that calm the mind with medicinals that heal the gut, Gui Pi Tang effectively targets the root causes of mental health issues like anxiety and insomnia from a holistic perspective, and without any drowsiness or grogginess. Thus, it is no surprise that in our new book Chinese Medicine for the Mind, the Chinese medical psychology authority Brandt Stickley named Gui Pi Tang as one of the three top recommended formulas for anxiety due to its efficacy and safety. Gui Pi Tang was first listed in a Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279 CE) formula book called Master Yan’s Prescriptions to Aid the Living and was indicated for “palpitations due to overthinking, which damages the spleen and heart.” Over time, this formula rose