A two-month rebuild
Ba Zhen Tang 6 Pack
6 bottles · 360 tablets · about 60 days at 6 a day
Ba Zhen Tang was never meant as a quick pick-me-up. Six bottles of the Eight Treasures give you sixty days, which is about the stretch herbalists had in mind when someone was worn thin in both Qi and Blood. Why take it over weeks
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- 5:1 strength
- DaoDi herbs
- Vegan & gluten-free
- GMP certified
- Free UK delivery £40+
Why the Eight Treasures were taken slowly
Building formulas work on a different clock from the clearing ones. A herb that scatters a chill is judged in days. Rehmannia, dong quai and ginseng were thought of in weeks and months, because the old idea was that you're refilling a store that took a long time to empty. A bad winter, a long illness, a new baby and no sleep. None of that happened over a weekend, so herbalists didn't expect it to turn round in one either. Sixty days at six a day gives the formula a fair hearing.
It's also a rich formula, and rich formulas like a calm stomach. That's why herbalists usually started it once a cold or a tummy bug had passed, and paused it if one turned up halfway through. Nothing clever. Just letting the digestion cope with eight fairly heavy roots.
10 days a bottle, about 60 days in all
Sixty days, in three stretches
Bottles 1–2
Days 1 to 20
Three in the morning, three at night, ideally with food while your stomach gets used to the rehmannia. If it sits heavy, meals are the easy fix.
Bottles 3–4
Days 21 to 40
The settled middle bit. Keep the timing regular. If a cold comes along, herbalists would simply stop for a few days and pick it up again once it's gone.
Bottles 5–6
Days 41 to 60
A good point to take stock. Colour, appetite, how the stairs feel. Still dragging yourself about after two months? Mention it to your GP, honestly.
Pregnant or breastfeeding? Then we'd leave Ba Zhen Tang alone unless your GP's said yes. There's dong quai in it, so it's a no if you're on warfarin or any other blood thinner (sorry), and mind the liquorice, which can nudge blood pressure up, while ginseng mightn't get on with diabetes medication. Take anything regularly? Have a word with your GP or pharmacist first, we'd much rather you did.
Choosing between them
Ba Zhen Tang and its tonic neighbours
Three formulas that all get picked for a depleted, washed-out person. Herbalists split them by where the tiredness seems to come from.
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Ba Zhen Tang
Qi and Blood both low, roughly in equal measure. Pale, tired, out of puff on the stairs. Balanced in temperature, so neither warming nor cooling.
For the tired worrier
Gui Pi Tang
Chosen when the depletion comes with a busy mind. The Heart and Spleen picture: drained, chewing things over, restless in the small hours.
See Gui Pi TangLighter, just two herbs
Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang
Li Dongyuan's astragalus and dong quai pair. Herbalists reach for it when Blood is thin because Qi is low, and something lighter on the stomach is wanted.
See Dang Gui Bu Xue TangWhat's in the box
Six bottles of Ba Zhen Tang
Every bottle is the same: 60 tablets of the formula on our single bottle page, so 6 a day gives you 10 days a bottle.
| Shu Di Huang Rehmannia glutinosa | 674mg |
| Ren Shen Panax ginseng | 303mg |
| Dang Gui Angelica sinensis | 572mg |
| Bai Shao Paeonia lactiflora | 572mg |
| Bai Zhu Atractylodes macrocephala | 370mg |
| Fu Ling Wolfiporia hoelen | 370mg |
| Chuan Xiong Conioselinum anthriscoides | 303mg |
| Gan Cao Glycyrrhiza glabra | 202mg |
Also contains: Cassava starch, Hypromellose, Magnesium stearate, Polyethylene glycol, Talc.
Living with six bottles
The practical bits
Storing them
Somewhere cool and dry, out of direct sun. Leave the bottles you're not using sealed until you need them.
Best before
Every bottle carries its own best-before date on the label, so check the one you open next.
Delivery
Order before 3pm on a weekday and it goes out the same day from Essex. UK delivery is free on orders over £40.
Changed your mind?
Sealed, unopened bottles can be returned within 14 days of delivery. The details are in our refund policy.
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What people say about Ba Zhen Tang
Ba Zhen Tang has helped me get over chronic fatigue.
Claudia N., verified buyerFeel more energized and focused , using it as part of my exercise routine
Marleine Y., verified buyerI’m loving this so far. Have seen improvements in my menstrual cycle. Feel happier and less hormonal and much calmer.
Laurie H., verified buyerBa Zhen Tang: your questions
Is Ba Zhen Tang something people take after having a baby?
Yes, historically it's been one of the best-known choices for the months after childbirth, especially in Chinese families. The idea was that pregnancy and birth draw heavily on both Qi and Blood. Mind you, herbalists mostly waited till breastfeeding was done, or got a practitioner's nod first. We'd do the same, frankly. Still feeding? Then it's your GP or health visitor you want to ask.
Doesn't Ba Zhen Tang get mentioned a lot when people talk about anaemia?
It does, because the pale, tired, lightheaded picture herbalists described sounds a lot like what people associate with low iron. But it isn't a treatment for anaemia, and Qi and Blood deficiency isn't the same thing as a blood test result. If you're pale and exhausted, please see your GP first. A simple blood test can rule a lot out.
How long did herbalists usually keep someone on it?
Weeks, sometimes a few months. Never days, really. Tonics were slow builders in the old way of thinking, so a practitioner would pop back in every few weeks and tweak things as the person changed. Someone who started feeling the cold might be moved on to Shi Quan Da Bu Tang, for instance. It wasn't really treated as a forever formula, more a stretch of rebuilding.
Is there a best time of year for Ba Zhen Tang?
Not strictly, though plenty of herbalists liked building formulas in autumn and early winter, ahead of the cold months. The Spleen sits under late summer in the Five Elements, when the harvest comes in, so there's a nice logic to starting then. In practice, it's taken whenever someone's been run down, whatever the calendar says.
Is the 6-pack the same Ba Zhen Tang as the single bottle?
Exactly the same. It's six of our standard 60-tablet bottles, 360 tablets in all, with the same eight herbs. At six tablets a day each bottle lasts ten days, so the pack covers sixty days. Handy if you'd rather not run out at day ten and have a gap.
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