What is Wind Tea?
Wind Tea is a Botanical Biohacking remix of San Ren Tang, formulated by Dr. Jin Zhao, DTCM, and fine-tuned by pharmacology professor Dr. Zhong Shi Hong. The formula combines Xiao Chai Hu Tang + San Ren Tang. It was designed to clear out dampness, which is often the problem with stubborn chronic diseases.
What does Wind Tea help with?
Modern diets, dampness, and mucus are tremendous obstacles in treating chronic illness. Rather than seeing them as barriers, you can see them as your way forward.
Wind Tea is designed to harmonize the body, clear dampness, and support overall wellness.
It addresses modern health challenges like chronic fatigue, digestive imbalance, and respiratory issues.
Wind Tea provides a gentle yet effective solution to restore balance and vitality.
Wind Tea Ingredients
Herbs From Xiao Chai Hu Tang
- Bupleurum chinense Radix (Chái Hú)
- Radix Panax Ginseng (Rén Shēn)
- Scutellaria baicalensis Radix (Huáng Qín)
- Rhizome Pinelliae Preparata (Zhì Bàn Xià)
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis Radix (Gān Cǎo)
- Zingiber officinale Rhizome (Gān Jiāng)
Herbs From San Ren Tang
- Semen Armeniacae Dulcis (Xìng Rén)
- Hua Shi (Huá Shí)
- Semen Coicis (Yì Yǐ Rén)
- Herba Lophatheri Gracilis (Dàn Zhú Yè)
- Fructus Amomi Kravanh (Shā Rén)
- Medulla Tetrapanacis (Tōng Cǎo)
- Magnoliae Cortex (Hòu Pò)
Xiao Chai Hu Tang + San Ren Tang
Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Up and Out)
Xiao Chai Hu tang is one of Asia’s safest and most commonly used herbal formulas for acute & chronic upper respiratory infections or reactivating viral syndromes.
This classic Chinese herbal formula is often used to harmonize and resolve early stages of cold/flu “Shaoyang disorders” (alternating chills and fever) and digestive problems Liver and Gallbladder (, bitter taste in the mouth, chest, and hypochondriac discomfort, etc.)
Cold/flu
- Amongst the most used and
researched formulas on the planet - Immunomodulatory (increases NK cell
activity) - Antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal
- Anti-allergic
Digestive
- Improves temperature regulation
- Hepatoprotective
- Increases bile secretion
- Anti-hyperlipidemic
- Reduces stomach acid
- Increases peristalsis
- Protects the stomach lining
San Ren Tang (Down and In)
San Ren Tang treats damp-heat conditions with symptoms such as heavy sensations, poor appetite, and fatigue. It focuses on promoting urination, resolving dampness, and clearing heat.
This formula is a gentle addition, which gives wind tea greater ability to access the Lymphatic system where chronic pathogens accumulate and facilitates the reduction of biofilm (a mucus-like substance that harbors chronic infections
Clearing the body of Damp
- Gently removes dampness; drains it via urination, and the bowels (2-3 days of loose stools is
normal) - Opens the lungs and reestablishes communication between the lungs and kidneys
(dampness blocking the kidneys) - Increases lymphatic flow
- Reduces water retention
Clearing the Body of Heat
- Anti-inflammatory
- Analgesic
Spinning the Wheel Together
Together, they are the foundation for clearing the body of dampness. Almost everyone will find some benefit in drinking wind tea.
Both formulas are very gentle (chronically ill patients sometimes don’t have a lot of energy;
Giving strong wind-clearing formulas may deplete them.
Both formulas have good track records of safety and essentially a lack of herb-drug
interactions (one exception is Interferon)
Combining Xiao Chai Hu helps things flow up and out. Pushing out illness and moving the Liver and Gallbladder and San Ren, which moisten and drains heat from the lungs, things down and out you gently promote urination and bowel movements.
You create a spinning-the-wheel effect. By grabbing its horizontal axes (xiao chai hu = wood up; san ren = metal down), we will see that complex patterns become clearer. With Wind teas, complex patterns emerge from the milieu everyone with a chronic condition presents. They will also feel better.
A Deeper Look at Wind Tea
Wind Tea is a Botanical Biohacking remix of San Ren Tang, formulated by Dr. Jin Zhao, DTCM, and fine-tuned by pharmacology professor Dr. Zhong Shi Hong. The formula is designed to clear out molecular mimicry, which often clouds diagnosis.
If we examine the (Warm Disease Differentiation) published in 1813 by Wu Zhu Tong, we can gain insights into how it was used historically.
Wu begins by listing examples of signs and symptoms of damp-heat:
“Headache, aversion to cold, heavy body sensation and pain, pale tongue body, while lacking thirst, wiry, thin and soggy pulse, light yellow complexion, chest tightness, lack of appetite, afternoon fever.”
When the appearance of yin deficiency accompanies these symptoms and is difficult to cure quickly, this condition is referred to as damp-heat. Sweating therapies can make the patient dizzy and deaf, sometimes causing them to space out and stare ahead blankly. In severe cases, they may even be unable to speak.
A Closer Look at San Ren Tang
The dizziness described relates to a blockage in the spirit hun. This is an important reminder of the effects of damp-loving pathogens on the central nervous system. In severe cases, spacing out or staring ahead listlessly may occur. It’s essential not to automatically assume such symptoms are due to “depression” or “stress” caused by liver qi stagnation. While this is often the case, external pathogens can also trigger these effects.
San Ren Tang works by addressing fluid management within the body
- Hidden Dryness: Beneath the damp exterior lies hidden dryness. When fluids leak out of cells, they flood the extracellular space, leaving the cells parched.
- Sweating Risks: Aromatically inducing sweating can injure yin in these parched areas. However, nourishing yin to save these regions creates more dampness, allowing pathogens to penetrate deeper.
- Draining Downward: Since excessive warmth cannot lift the Qi without harm, the logical solution is to drain downward.
Quickly inducing bowel movements with stronger formulas may remove dampness but at the expense of other nourishing fluids in the body. This can lead to further dampness due to deficiency and exacerbate dryness in the parched areas, creating mucus—a frustrating catch-22.
How We Adapted the Formula with Xiao Chai Hu for extended use
Although highly effective, San Ren Tang is not a universal solution. It is unsuitable for long-term use as it may eventually deplete the body.
How We Adapted the Formula for extended us is by adding Xiao Chai Hu.
Dr. Jin enhanced the formula’s versatility by incorporating Xiao Chai Hu Tang, a Shang Han Lun classic, to help the Shaoyang govern the body. To strengthen the formula and prevent depletion, Dr. Zhong of the pharmacology team added super-grade white ginseng to Wind Tea. This addition further enhances the formula’s function while preserving energy.
Highlights of our Wind Tea
1. Unlike most of the Xiao Chai Hu Tang on the market using Dang Shen to reduce the costs, we follow the original formulation and use high-quality Ren Shen (ginseng).
2. Chai Hu is sustainably wildcrafted from the Tibetan plateau.
3. This product is additive and preservative-free. It’s important to store it in a cool and dry place. If the vacuum seal is broken, do not use it. Keep refrigerated after opening.
Freqently Ask Questions
Even though San Ren Tang is a pretty balanced formula, it's not recommended for pregnancy. Yi Yi Ren is cold and may cause uterus contract in very high doses in mice (though no report showing it affecting humans). If it's needed, don't take for long-term or high dose.
A high dose of Ginseng in Xiao Chai Chu Tang might reduce milk production.
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Wind tea is one of the better-tasting Chinese herbal formulas, you can really taste the quality of herbs used. With that said, it still taste like Chinese herbs, so if you don’t like herbal tea, try this tip.
Protip: if you brew a bag of Wind tea with a bag of Apple-Cinnamon tea, it doesn't taste like Win tea at all 😂😂😂
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuTo understand fluid metabolism, you need to look at the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and urogenital microbiomes. (The upper, middle, and lower jiao.) Life in these three mini worlds depends on aquaporins. Aquaporins (AQP) are integral membrane proteins that serve as channels in the transfer of water and in some cases, small solutes across the membrane.AQP3 is present in the kidney collecting ducts, epidermis, urinary, respiratory, and digestive tracts. When the body is damp, there is increased aquaporins found in urine because they are being damaged. Wind Tea made from xiao chai hu tang and san ren tang regulates aquaporins and reduces the content in urine.
Most herbal may be taken by individuals who are also using prescription drugs without problems. However, it is recommended that herbal be taken on an empty stomach at least two hours apart from the prescription drugs.
The most common interaction is that herbal medicine increases the effectiveness of prescription medication or duplicates the action.
Most common interaction is with, Antiplatelets, Anticoagulants, antihyperlipidemic
How Do I Make Wind Tea?
Unfortunately, the directions on the bag a not the best way to brew the tea. We have found It is best to brew wind tea all at once, not in individual cups like the instructions say.
Wind teas has seeds in it. For the teas with seeds, we recommend simmering on the stove for 20 to 30 minutes, to get a complete extraction of the active ingredients
- Take the teabag out of the package. For each teabag, you want to use about one to two pints of water.
- Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes
After teas have been simmering for about 20-30 minutes - It is ready to drink.
Fancier Option
We have found that cutting open the bags works better for some people. It allows some of the larger plant particles to go into solution. So, you are consuming more of the herbs.
Brew for 20-30 minutes. I will usually have people doing 3-4 teabags per day and consume at least 40 ounces of decocted liquid.
Experience the Power of Wind Tea
About the Author
Willard Sheppy is a writer and healthcare practitioner who seamlessly melds scientific knowledge with practical applications in engaging and authoritative articles. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Oregon State University and a Master’s in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the distinguished Oregon College of Oriental Medicine.
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