A cupboard supply
Tong Bian Ling Pian 6 Pack
6 bottles · 360 tablets · 6 a day, in short spells
Six bottles of Tong Bian Ling Pian to keep at home. Now, this was always a short-spell formula, so please don't treat the pack as a sixty-day course. It's more a bit of stock in the cupboard for the odd few days when things go slow. Why take it over weeks
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- 5:1 strength
- DaoDi herbs
- Vegan & gluten-free
- GMP certified
- Free UK delivery £40+
Now and then, never for months
Tong Bian Ling Pian is mostly peach kernel, an oily seed herbalists used to moisten, with a smaller share of rhubarb root. Rhubarb root is the reason this formula is handled differently from the gentle tonics on our shelves. It's a strong herb, and herbalists traditionally kept formulas containing it for short spells, a few days here and there, rather than daily for weeks. So a 6-pack here isn't about staying on it. Really it's so you've got some in, maybe for your mum or dad if they live with you too, and you're not caught short.
Finding you reach for it all the time? Then that tells you something. If your bowels have changed and it's still the case a few weeks on, see your GP, don't open another bottle. The old herbalists saw it as a little nudge for the odd slow patch. A crutch? Never, and they said so.
For short spells, with breaks in between
Using it sensibly over time
When you need it
A short spell
Three in the morning, three at night, for a few days. Then stop. Drink loads of water, get some fibre in. That's how it was always done, short and sweet.
In between
A proper break
Back in the cupboard it goes! Lid on tight, somewhere dry, well out of reach of little ones. Oh, and glance at the date before you crack open a fresh bottle.
If it carries on
Weeks, not days
Not settling down? Keeps coming back? Any blood, weight dropping off, or pain? Stop, and get yourself to the GP. Please don't just keep working your way through the pack.
Pregnant or breastfeeding? Then this one's a no, honestly, the peach kernel moves Blood and the rhubarb root is far too strong. On warfarin or another blood thinner, same answer. Rhubarb can drop your potassium as well, so on diuretics or digoxin you really need to be careful. Someone else in the house going to take it? They should have a word with their own GP or pharmacist first, we'd rather they did.
Choosing between them
Related formulas on the Blood side
Tong Bian Ling Pian's traditional logic is that thin Blood leaves the intestines dry. We've paired it with two that think about Blood the same way, minus the rhubarb, thankfully.
This page
Tong Bian Ling Pian
In it you'll find peach kernel, dong quai, rhubarb root and siler. Strictly short spells. The old picture was dry, sluggish bowels from thin Blood, very often in older folk.
Gentle Blood base
Si Wu Tang
The four-root mother formula for Blood. Chosen for the pale, dry, washed-out picture, and suited to longer use in a way Tong Bian Ling Pian isn't.
See Si Wu TangShares the peach kernel
Tao Hong Si Wu Tang
Si Wu Tang plus peach kernel and safflower. Herbalists reached for it when thin Blood came with stasis, a cycle that was dark, clotted and slow to start.
See Tao Hong Si Wu TangWhat's in the box
Six bottles of Tong Bian Ling 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.
| Tao Ren Prunus persica | 1953mg |
| Dang Gui Angelica sinensis | 471mg |
| Da Huang Rheum officinale | 471mg |
| Fang Feng Saposhnikovia divaricata | 471mg |
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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Is Tong Bian Ling Pian a laxative for constipation, then?
No, it's a food supplement, so it's not a medicine and it doesn't treat constipation. Way back, herbalists went for this sort of formula when someone's bowels were dry and slow and they put it down to thin Blood. Constipation that's new, or has hung about for weeks, or comes with pain, blood or losing weight? Please see your GP. Don't lean on herbs for that.
Why do herbalists link it with older people?
The theory goes that Blood and body fluids get thinner as we age, and that dryness is exactly what this formula was aimed at. Trouble is, older people are the ones most likely to be on tablets that clash with it, so warfarin and the like, water tablets, digoxin. Buying it for your gran? Get her to check with her GP or pharmacist first, honestly.
What did herbalists suggest alongside it?
Moistening food and plenty to drink, mainly. A mug of warm water when you get up. Stewed prunes, or pears. Bit of oil from nuts and seeds, and a gentle walk every day if you can manage it. Dry in, dry out, was more or less the thinking, so get moisture in any way you can. We'd keep those habits up even with no tablets in the picture.
Could I mix Tong Bian Ling Pian with one of your other formulas?
Ask first, please. There's dong quai and peach kernel in here already, so adding another Blood-mover (Tao Hong Si Wu Tang, say, or Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan) means doubling up on herbs that want care. Anything heavy on liquorice is a bad idea too, what with rhubarb and potassium. Your pharmacist or a proper herbalist is the person to ask.
Why on earth sell six bottles of a short-term formula?
Mostly convenience. It's the same Tong Bian Ling Pian as the single bottle, 60 tablets each, ten days' worth at six a day. But it's meant for short spells, so the pack isn't a sixty-day course. It's a supply for the cupboard, used now and then, with breaks in between.
Tong Bian Ling Pian, six bottles at once
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