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TCM formulas for anxiety and insomnia

Anxiety, Herbs & Formulas, Product Comparisons, Products, Sleep & Stress

Insomnia & Anxiety Formulas Comparison

Explore 10 formulas that calm the Shen and support healthy sleep and mental function. This list was compiled to help you as a practitioner quickly and easily compare formulas, their...

Yvonne Lau | December 3, 2025

Herbs & Formulas, TCM Diagnosis
Determining the Appropriateness of a Formula
Many practitioners have contacted the Mayway consultants over the years with questions regarding how to determine whether a given formula is appropriate for their patient. Though there is not always a...
Laura Stropes | February 6, 2012
Acupuncture, Herbs & Formulas
Qi Ye Lian and Oxalic Acid
In November, 2011, we received communication from a veterinarian about a dog that was receiving one of Mayway’s herbal formulas. The circumstances resulted in an adverse event report. At Mayway,...
Skye Sturgeon, DAOM | November 30, 2011
Herb Trade Industry, Herbs & Formulas, Products
Extract Powders and Granules - Questions and Answers
There seems to be growing fondness for the use of extract powders or granules to prescribe Chinese herbs by practitioners. They are convenient to use, patient compliance is better, and...
Skye Sturgeon, DAOM | November 1, 2011
Herb Trade Industry
Sustainability Issues of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine: Restricted Herb and Resource List
This is a list of restricted and/or prohibited Chinese herbs that cannot be exported from China or imported into the US. Some of these restrictions are only now being implemented...
Skye Sturgeon, DAOM | October 20, 2011
Herb Trade Industry
Why Microbial Testing?
Microbial testing is conducted in support of processing that is free from contamination caused by harmful microorganisms. Since the presence of microbials is indicative of spoilage of product or potential...
Skye Sturgeon, DAOM | September 30, 2011
Herbs & Formulas
How can Chinese medicine practitioners effectively advocate the safety and efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine?
Mayway Scholarship Essay: The globalization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has focused attention on both the health promoting benefits of these medicinals as well as the potential challenges in their use.
| September 5, 2011
Herb Trade Industry, Inside Mayway
Herb Processing at the Mayway Hebei Facility
In April the Mayway Hebei facility in Anguo opened its doors for tours for the first time and I was fortunate to be among the Mayway US staff that led...
Teo Potts, L.Ac. | July 28, 2011
Acupuncture, Internal Medicine
Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus with Chinese Medicine
Diabetes mellitus (tang niao bing 糖尿病, literally ‘sweet urine disease’) is an increasingly common disorder in both affluent and developing societies. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a syndrome of impaired insulin...
Will Maclean | July 13, 2011
Inside Mayway
China Diary April 2011: Visiting Mayway in Anguo
An excerpt from a travel diary written by Rebecca Clarke, published in the magazine of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM) the governing organization for Chinese herbal medicine in...
Rebecca Clarke, MBAcC, MRCHM | July 1, 2011
Herb Trade Industry, Sustainability
Severe Drought Affects 2009 and 2010 Herb Harvests
Most of China's prime herb growing regions have been affected by a once in a century drought over the last two years. Drought during the 2008/2009 season severely impacted herbs...
| May 5, 2010
Sustainability
The Suffering of Bears Part II: Promoting the Humane Alternatives to Bile
One of the key factors in the rapidly diminishing population of the Asiatic Black Bear is the demand for their gall bladders and bile juice, which is used predominantly as...
| April 7, 2004
Herb Trade Industry, Sustainability
The Suffering on Bear Bile Farms
There has long been debate over the use of animal parts in Chinese medicine. While it was not an issue for ancient practitioners, changing views on the rights and welfare...
Yvonne Lau | November 11, 2003

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