Granule Ratios

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Some random surveys of granules and their concentration ratios.

Please don't ask me for info on brands or prices- this info isn't

provided to recommend any company over another. But I do think that

we should be aware of this information. Wouldn't it be nice if all

this info wasn't omitted from the US labels?

 

I'm curious if the European labels provide this information, anyone

over there to check? Given the increased regulation of herbs in

Europe, I wouldn't be surprised if different rules apply. In the US,

these labels just say proprietary blend of concentrate and filler.

 

Ma zi ren wan (Brand A) Two parts of 5.5:1 concentrate and one part

starch.

4.5g of the final powder contains the equivalent of 4g huo ma ren, 2g

bai shao, 2g zhi shi, 2g hou po, 2.5 xing ren, and 4g da huang.

 

Ma zi ren wan (Brand B) one part 4.25:1 concentrate and one part starch.

4.0g of the final powder contains the equivalent of 2.5g huo ma ren,

1g bai shao, 1g zhi shi, 2g da huang, 1g hou po, and 1g xing ren.

 

As you can see, these two formulas have very different concentrations.

One is nearly twice as strong as the other. Oddly enough, the

stronger one is cheaper at the store. Note that neither is 5:1 in

its final stage. Brand B is 2.15:1. Brand A is 3.66:1.

 

Now just a random survey of other formulas:

 

Yin qiao san= Two parts of 7.5g concentrate to one part filler. About

4.95:1 at the end, very close to 5:1.

6g of final product contains 5g jin yin hua, 5g lian qiao, 2g dan zhu

ye, 2g jing jie, 2g lu gen, 3g jie geng, 3g niu bang zi, 3g ze xie, 3g

bo he, 2.5 gan cao, 2.5g dan dou chi.

 

Yi guan jian= One part 4.33g extract mixed with one part filler.

About 2.17:1 at the end, close to only 2:1.

 

Xiao Feng San= One part 5:1 extract mixed with one part filler. About

2.5:1 at the end.

 

Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San= One part 6.7:1 extract mixed with one part

filler. About 3.35:1 at the end.

 

Xiao Yao San= 10.5g contains 5.9g of 4.7:1 concentrate mixed with 4.6g

starch. About 2.6:1 at the end.

 

Si Wu Tang= One part 5:1 extract mixed with one part filler. About

2.5:1 at the end.

 

Gui Pi Tang= One part 5.2:1 extract mixed with one part filler. About

2.6:1 at the end.

 

Er chen tang= 3.7:1 at the end.

 

Gui zhi tang=3:1 at the end.

 

Eric