A supply for windy seasons
Bi Yan Pian 6 Pack
6 bottles · 360 tablets · 6 a day, in short spells
Bi Yan Pian is a spell formula, not a daily habit. Six bottles make sense as a cupboard supply for a household that knows the stuffy-headed spring and autumn weeks are coming round again. Why take it over weeks
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- 5:1 strength
- DaoDi herbs
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Used in spells when the wind gets in
Herbalists didn't think of Bi Yan Pian as something to take every day for months. The herbs are mostly pungent and dispersing, the sort that push Wind out of the head, and that kind of herb was traditionally used while it was needed and then put away. Taken for too long, dispersing herbs were thought to dry you out. So the logic of a 6-pack here is different. It's a supply you keep in the cupboard and dip into over a season or two, rather than a course you work through.
Ten days a bottle, at the full six a day. So six of them? That's a good few short spells. In some houses two or three people all get bunged up the very same weeks, and they just share. Fair enough. Mind the best-before date on each one, though, and screw those lids on tight.
For short spells, with breaks in between
How herbalists would use it
When it starts
A short spell
Head like a wet sponge, nose properly blocked? Then it's three in the morning, three at night. Days, maybe a couple of weeks. That's how herbalists thought about it. Not months.
Between spells
A break
Once things clear, stop. Put the bottle back in the cupboard. A break between spells was the traditional way with dispersing formulas like this one.
If it hangs on
Beyond two weeks
Still stuffed up weeks later? Keeps coming back, or your face aches, you're running a temperature, you're wheezy? Stop there, and go and see your GP or pharmacist.
Pregnant, breastfeeding, on something regular? Ask your GP before you touch Bi Yan Pian, we'd rather you did. There's liquorice in it too, so go gently if your blood pressure's high or you're being treated for it. Anything that drags on or gets worse belongs with your GP or pharmacist.
Choosing between them
Bi Yan Pian and other Wind formulas
Chinese medicine has a whole family of formulas for Wind at the surface. Herbalists sorted them by hot or cold, and by how sturdy the person was.
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Bi Yan Pian
Wind lodged in the head and nose, often with a little Heat. Thick, blocked, heavy forehead. Dispersing and slightly cooling, and used in spells. Ephedra-free.
Chilly and clammy
Gui Zhi Tang
The first formula in the Shang Han Lun. Chosen when Wind-Cold sits at the surface: shivery, a bit sweaty without warming up, wanting a jumper.
See Gui Zhi TangHot, robust types
Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
A big formula for Wind and Heat inside and out, kept for strong, hot, bunged-up people. Contains rhubarb root, so very different territory and not for everyday use.
See Fang Feng Tong Sheng SanWhat's in the box
Six bottles of Bi Yan Pian
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.
| Xin Yi Magnolia biondii | 336mg |
| Bai Zhi Angelica dahurica | 336mg |
| Fang Feng Saposhnikovia divaricata | 336mg |
| Jing Jie Nepeta tenuifolia | 336mg |
| Lian Qiao Forsythia suspensa | 336mg |
| Ye Ju Hua Chrysanthemum indicum | 202mg |
| Zhi Mu Anemarrhena asphodeloides | 336mg |
| Wu Wei Zi Schisandra chinensis | 238mg |
| Xie Bai Allium chinense | 336mg |
| Jie Geng Platycodon grandiflorus | 336mg |
| Gan Cao Glycyrrhiza glabra | 238mg |
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.
Verified Loox reviews
What people say about Bi Yan Pian
This seems to help my daughter with wheeziness and eczema :)
Melissa M., verified buyera main part of my daily tablet intake for prostitus, still early days,but hoping it will work where pharmacom has not
David L., verified buyerI am never without these they are just brilliant for anyone with sinus problems
Marie C., verified buyerBi Yan Pian: your questions
Is Bi Yan Pian used for hay fever?
It often comes up in hay fever conversations, since the blocked, heavy-headed feeling it was designed around turns up every spring. Treatment for hay fever, or rhinitis? No, it's not that. Pop in to your pharmacist, they'll go through the usual stuff with you. Wheezy, short of breath, or just getting worse and worse? That's a GP job.
Should I take it all year round?
No, that's not how herbalists used it. These herbs are dispersing, and the traditional worry was that months of dispersing herbs would dry you out and wear down the Lung Qi. They'd use it for a spell, stop when things cleared, and bring it back next time. A short break between spells is the general idea.
Did herbalists ever pair it with Yu Ping Feng San?
In a way, yes, though one after the other rather than together. The old reasoning was Jade Windscreen in the quieter months to shore up the body's outer defences, then something like Bi Yan Pian when Wind had already got in. Fancy trying both? Get a practitioner to sort the timing with you, honestly.
Does Bi Yan Pian run warm or cool, then?
A touch cool. That's the forsythia, the wild chrysanthemum and the anemarrhena doing it. So herbalists went for it when the bunged-up feeling seemed hot and gluey (thick stuff, yellowish). Shivery, though, with everything clear and runny? Different story. The old books would send you to something warmer, Gui Zhi Tang say.
Why would anyone buy six bottles of a formula used in short spells?
Mostly to keep a supply in. One bottle is ten days at six a day, so six bottles see a household through several windy-season spells, or cover a couple of people who all get bunged up at once. It's the same Bi Yan Pian as the single bottle. Store it somewhere cool and dry.
Bi Yan Pian, six bottles at once
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