Frozen River Intensive
Price:
$125.00
BLOOD STASIS 血瘀
Everything’s there — it just needs the thaw.
An eight-day decoction course for a Frozen River season — when discomfort settles in one place rather than moving, and vitality carries a duller edge. Classically, qi moves blood: this formula begins with Xiao Yao San’s qi-releasing core and extends it with the tradition’s blood-movers, so circulation follows where movement leads.
Raw herbs, barks, roots, and berries in daily bundles, steeped at home over eight days. Deeper seasons thaw gradually — up to three consecutive courses.
Inside the formula — 12 herbs
Sovereign
- Chai hu (bupleurum) — the classical lead for releasing constrained qi; the herb the formula is built around
Ministers
- Dang gui (dong quai) — nourishes and moves blood at once, promoting circulation without depletion
- Bai shao (white peony) — softens and preserves the body’s reserves while the moving herbs work
Assistants
- Bai zhu (atractylodes) — strengthens digestion so the formula’s movement has solid support underneath it
- Fu ling (poria) — gently calming; steadies rest unsettled by stirred-up qi
- Bo he (mint) — a light aromatic lift that promotes release at the surface layer of constraint
- Mu dan pi (moutan) — clears the heat that builds where qi has been stuck, and gently moves blood
- Zhi zi (gardenia) — traditionally used to drain the irritable, restless edge of constrained qi
- Yu jin (curcuma) — moves qi and blood together, deepening the formula’s reach
- Chuan xiong (ligusticum) — the classic blood-mover; invigorates circulation where things sit fixed
Envoys
- Zhi gan cao (honey-fried licorice) — harmonizes all twelve herbs and protects the digestion
- Sheng jiang (fresh ginger) — warms the digestion and helps carry the formula through the system
Not sure which formula is for you?
Take the Intake — nine short sections, about five minutes, free.
Your reading names your climate (your body’s lasting tendency) and, if one is passing through, your season (the pattern active right now). It recommends a daily Regimen to keep your climate steady and, when a season is present, an eight-day Intensive course to bring you back to balance.