Clear Vessel

60 capsules x 6000mg. from Blue Poppy Originals

Indications: Asymptomatic hyperlipidemia, also known as high cholesterol, in a relatively mesomorphic individual (i.e., a patient who is neither extremely skinny nor grossly obese).

Applications in Traditional Chinese Medicine:
Pattern:liver-spleen disharmony complicated by enduring dampness and heat, incipient yin vacuity, and blood stasis

Classical Antecedent: Yi Xin Jiang Zhi Tang Jia Jian
 
THE SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF LIVER DEPRESSION INCLUDE:
Irritability
Nervous tension
A bowstring pulse
 
THE SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF SPLEEN VACUITY INCLUDE:
Fatigue
A swollen, enlarged tongue
Loose stools when nervous
A craving for sweets
Orthostatic hypotension
 
THE SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF ENDURING DAMPNESS AND HEAT INCLUDE:
A red tongue with slimy, yellow fur
A slippery, possibly rapid pulse
 
THE SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF INCIPIENT YIN VACUITY INCLUDE:
Grey hair
Falling hair
Low back pain
Brittle nails
Deteriorating vision
 
THE SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF BLOOD STASIS INCLUDE:
Chronic pain
Varicosities
Spider nevi
Cherry hemangiomas
Purple lips
Purple nails
Age spots
 
FORMULA EXPLANATION:
High cholesterol is a laboratory test result. As such, it is not a disease in and of itself but a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Many people with high cholesterol have no signs or symptoms of that condition per se. Therefore, there is no one-for-one relationship between high cholesterol and a single, particular Chinese medical pattern. However, over the last 50 years, Chinese doctors have identified the five or six most commonly presenting patterns in patients with high cholesterol. These are 1) phlegm, dampness, and turbidity, 2) qi stagnation and blood stasis, 3) spleen-stomach vacuity weakness, 4) liverspleen disharmony, 5) liver-kidney yin vacuity, and 6) heart-kidney yang vacuity. In actuality, most patients with high cholesterol have a combination of two or more of the foregoing disease mechanisms. In late middle- aged and young elderly patients with a mesomorphic to slightly overweight body, the most common pattern associated with high cholesterol is a liver-spleen disharmony complicated by dampness and heat. The dampness is both due to and aggravates the spleen vacuity, while the heat is due to overeating fatty, oily foods and hot, spicy foods and drinking alcohol coupled with a tendency to yang exuberance and liver depression. Due to advancing age and enduring heat, yin has been consumed. Therefore, there is also incipient yin vacuity, and, because of long-standing qi stagnation, phlegm, and dampness, there is also an element of blood stasis. This is exactly the pattern that CholeClear is designed to treat.
 
Within this formula, Chai Hu, Yu Jin, and Yin Chen Hao course the liver and resolve depression, while Fu Ling, Yi Yi Ren, and Ze Xie fortify the spleen and seep dampness. Jue Ming Zi, Yin Chen Hao, Jiao Gu Lan, and He Ye clear heat and eliminate dampness, especially from the liver. He Shou Wu and Sang Ji Sheng nourish the blood and enrich yin. Yu Jin, Shan Zha, Tian Qi, and Dan Shen quicken the blood and transform stasis. All four of these medicinals are commonly used for the treatment of coronary artery disease. Modern research has confirmed that Jue Ming Zi, Shan Zha, Jiao Gu Lan, He Shou Wu, and He Ye all possess significant blood lipid lowering ability. However, not only do these medicinals in this formula lower total cholesterol and triglycerides, they also increase the healthy or good high density lipids (HDL), something that Western medicines statins, such as Lipitor®, do not do. It has also been suggested that Jiao Gu Lan is able to lower C-reactive protein, a marker for inflammation associated with heart attacks. Further, a number of the medicinals in this formula are also known to lower blood pressure, such as Jue Ming Zi, Shan Zha, Jiao Gu Lan, San Qi, and Sang Ji Sheng.

Ingredients:

Jue Ming Zi (Semen Cassiae Torae)
He Shou Wu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori)
Yi Yi Ren (Semen Coicis Lachryma-jobi)
Yin Chen Hao (Herba Artemisiae Capillaris)
Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis)
Jiao Gu Lan (Herba Gynostemmae Pentaphylli)
Shan Zha (Fructus Crataegi)
Dan Shen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae)
Sang Ji Sheng (Ramulus Loranthi Seu Visci)
Fu Ling (Sclerotium Poriae Cocos)
Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri)
Yu Jin (Tuber Curcumae)
Tian San Qi (Radix Pseudoginseng)
He Ye (Folium Nelumbinis Nuciferae)

Dosage:
2 capsules, 2 times a day

Package:
60 capsules x 6000mg. (500mg. x 12:1 concentration ratio)

Note: All Blue Poppy brand products come with the manufacturing date marked (MFG or Manuf. Date), the expiration date is 5 years from the date indicated on the bottom or side of the packaging.