Haima Bushen Wan an ethical formula?

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Hi Yehuda,

 

> The formula is " Hai Ma Bu Shen Wan " from Tientsin. I checked some

> sources and I believe that it is not adulterated with pharmaceuticals.

> I am at home now, but I also believe that it has the Australian GMC

> certification.

 

I could not find the details of Haima Bushen Wan (Tientsin formula) online,

so I had a look at several other versions on WWW today. My summary is:

 

PATENT FORMULA: Haima Bushen Wan (Sea-horse Tone KI Pill,

Hippocampus KI Tonic Pill; Hippocampus Virility Pill)

 

FORMULA CLASS: Tone Yang for Yangxu

 

INGREDIENTS (expressed as %):

Haima [bANNED] 10.6,

Renshen 10.6,

Duixia 6.4,

Lurong 6.4,

Niugu (substitute for Hugu, [bANNED]) 6.4,

Danggui 5.3,

Gouqizi 5.3,

Haigoushen (Seal Genitals) [??BANNED] 5.3,

Huangqi 5.3,

Longgu 5.3,

Lushen (Deer Genitals [??BANNED]) 5.3,

Shudihuang 5.3,

Lujin (Deer Ligament) 4.2,

Buguzhi 3.2, Fuling 3.2,

Lushen / Heilushen (Ass Genitals [??BANNED] ) 3.2,

Shanzhuyu 3.2,

Taoren 3.2,

Dingxiang 2.1 (all expressed as %)

 

However, inclusion rates between patents vary widely; also, some patents

omit some of the ingredients and add additional Yang Tonics (Gejie,

Hamayou (??BANNED] & Hetaoren)

 

ACTIONS: Tone Qi; Tone KI; Tone KI Yang; Build Mingmen Fire; Tone KI

Yin; Tone Xue; Tone HT; Vascular Aid; Aid Brain; Tone KI Jing; Strengthen

Loin; Tonic~ male virility; Dose (as extract): 10 pills BID (morning & night)

before meals

 

CLINICAL USES: KI Xu w HT / Shen S & Ss (incl congestive HT failure, Shen

Disturbed, insomnia, palpitations, fatigue, neurasthenia, neurosis); KI Xu w

digestive S & Ss (digestion~ poor w food undigested in faeces); Qixu / Xuexu

w debility~ senile / debility & fatigue after illness & parturition; KI Xu, KI

Yangxu~male; KI Yinxu~male; Jingxu~male; KI Xu / KI Xu Cold w fatigue,

sexual weakness~ male (libido~ low, impotence, oligospermia,

spermatorrhea, infertility / sterility); sweat~ spontaneous~ night / day,

Aversion to Cold w loin & knees~ pain, ache & weakness, limbs~ cold /

weak, tinnitus, oedema, dyspnoea; vision~ poor (dt LV Yinxu dt KI Xu)

 

CAUTIONS: too Warm for prolonged use, except in Yangxu, esp Yangxu

chronic; CI in pregnancy; CI in Heat / Yinxu Heat w fever; evaluate & monitor

use; withdraw in pregnancy / if Heat / YInxu heat occurs

 

Note that the formula above contains some banned ingredients, or

ingredients that are questionable from viewpoint of aesthetics, endangered

species / animal welfare.

 

Also, Tientsin (Drug Manufactory, Tientsin, China) has been cited for

contaminants (including mercury & phenacetin) in some of its patent

formulas. See: http://tinyurl.com/2pqaha

 

[i would not be happy to buy products from that company].

 

Best regards,