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Materia Medica · The Formula Series
Willard Sheppy is a licensed acupuncturist (LAc) and Founder of Valley Health Clinic specializing in using Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat acute injuries and chronic conditions, and to improve sports performance and rehabilitation.
Numbness and tingling are not always a nerve problem. Sometimes they are a delivery problem.
When circulation is too weak to reach the far end of a nerve, the sensation at the fingertips and toes is often the first thing to fade. Neurogene Tea was built for that picture — to support the pressure behind circulation rather than force it.
Here’s what the formula actually is, who formulates it, and what’s inside.
Neurogene Tea is an Imperial-grade modification of Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang — the most-studied blood-moving formula in Chinese medicine — built for the picture where circulation is too weak to reach the far end of a nerve. A very large dose of Huang Qi (astragalus) supplies the push; a small team of blood-movers clears the path. It is a blood-moving formula: not used during pregnancy, and anyone on anticoagulants, with a bleeding disorder, or recovering from a stroke should talk with their physician and practitioner first.
Neurogene is an Imperial-grade modification of Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang — Tonify the Yang to Restore Five-Tenths Decoction. In China it is the single most-used formula for post-stroke recovery, and it has been studied more than almost any other blood-moving prescription.
The classical logic is elegant. A very large dose of Huang Qi (astragalus) supplies the qi that pushes blood; a small team of blood-movers clears the obstruction that qi is pushing against. The formula does not force circulation. It restores the pressure behind it.
The modification adds herbs aimed at the neuro-inflammatory side of the picture — Tian Ma and Gou Teng to settle wind, Jin Yin Hua and Lian Qiao to clear heat, Da Huang to keep things moving downward.
Dr. Jin Zhao is the main formulator for Botanical Biohacking. He practices in Chengdu, sees up to 200 patients a day, and specializes in dampness. His approach was refined across tens of thousands of patients, working through the upper, middle, and lower jiao.
Pharmacology professor Dr. Zhong Shi Hong fine-tunes the formulas. Dr. Lan, PhD — Dr. Jin’s younger classmate — is the herbal pharmacologist who oversees testing and writes the practitioner letters.
A sourcing detail worth noting: this blend uses Qing Lian Qiao — unripe green forsythia — rather than the ripe fruit. It carries a higher concentration of forsythiaside. A small decision, made by someone paying attention.
Three categories of contamination matter for plant material from anywhere in the world: heavy metals, pesticide residue, and microbial load. Botanical Biohacking’s protocol addresses all three.
Eleven herbs, organized around one idea: supply the push, then clear the path.
This is a blood-moving formula. It is not used during pregnancy. If you take anticoagulants, have a bleeding disorder, or are recovering from a stroke or any neurological event, this belongs in a conversation with your physician and practitioner — not in a self-directed experiment.
Numbness at the fingertips and toes is often the last stop on a long supply line. When you improve what reaches the end of that line, the sensation frequently follows. — Will Sheppy, L.Ac.
An Imperial-grade modification of Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang. Eleven herbs, thirty teabags, one month’s supply. Available at Valley Health Market.
Educational content rooted in 20+ years of clinical practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The information provided is for educational purposes and is not intended to replace consultation with a qualified healthcare practitioner. Please consult your physician before starting any new herbal protocol, especially if pregnant, nursing, on anticoagulants, or managing a chronic condition.
Neurogene Tea is an Imperial-grade modification of Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang (Tonify the Yang to Restore Five-Tenths Decoction) — the most-used and most-studied blood-moving formula in Chinese medicine. Botanical Biohacking builds it from eleven herbs and adds a team aimed at the neuro-inflammatory side of the picture. It comes as thirty teabags, a one-month supply.
It was written for the picture where circulation is too weak to reach the far end of a nerve — numbness and tingling at the fingertips and toes that behaves less like a nerve problem and more like a delivery problem. The formula’s strategy is to supply the push behind circulation with a large dose of Huang Qi (astragalus), then clear the path with blood-movers.
No — this is a blood-moving formula and it is not used during pregnancy. If you take anticoagulants, have a bleeding disorder, or are recovering from a stroke or any neurological event, this belongs in a conversation with your physician and practitioner, not a self-directed experiment.
Dr. Jin Zhao, Botanical Biohacking’s main formulator, practices in Chengdu and specializes in dampness, refining his approach across tens of thousands of patients. Pharmacology professor Dr. Zhong Shi Hong fine-tunes the formulas, and Dr. Lan, PhD, the herbal pharmacologist, oversees testing. One detail of their care: the blend uses unripe green forsythia (Qing Lian Qiao) for its higher forsythiaside content.
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