Two months of wandering
Xiao Yao San 6 Pack
6 bottles · 360 tablets · about 60 days at 6 a day
Six bottles of Xiao Yao San, sixty days at six a day. Made for people who reach for the Free and Easy Wanderer through a busy stretch, or across a couple of monthly cycles, and don't fancy reordering every ten days. Why take it over weeks
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- 5:1 strength
- DaoDi herbs
- Vegan & gluten-free
- GMP certified
- Free UK delivery £40+
Giving the Free and Easy Wanderer two cycles
Herbalists never thought of the stuck, wound-up Liver picture as something that turned up on a Tuesday and left on the Wednesday. It tends to come in seasons: a new job, a house move, a run of short nights with a small child, or the same few grumpy, bloated days before every period. Sixty days lines up rather neatly with two monthly cycles, which is how a lot of women traditionally judged whether Xiao Yao San suited them. Judging it on one cycle? Bit hasty, if you ask us.
And look, it's mild. Nobody ever took Xiao Yao San hoping for fireworks (that's not what it's for). The interest is in the small, gradual stuff. Fewer sighs. A tummy that's a bit less temperamental. Dinner that sounds appealing again. That sort of thing only shows up when you look back over a few weeks.
10 days a bottle, about 60 days in all
Sixty days, in three easy stretches
Bottles 1–2
Days 1 to 20
Three with breakfast, three with your evening meal. Jot down how tense, tired and hungry you feel each week, nothing more elaborate than that.
Bottles 3–4
Days 21 to 40
Most people pass through a full cycle around here. Compare the run-up to your period with the one before you started.
Bottles 5–6
Days 41 to 60
Dig those notes out. Is it the heat and the snappiness you're noticing now, more than being tired? Then honestly, we'd have a chat about Jia Wei Xiao Yao San.
There's dong quai in Xiao Yao San, so if you're on warfarin or another blood thinner, leave this one be. Pregnant? Breastfeeding? Taking anything regularly from the doctor? Then have a word with your GP or pharmacist before you start, we'd much rather you did.
Choosing between them
Where it sits in the bupleurum family
It's a big family, this, and Xiao Yao San sits pretty much bang in the middle of it. The two below? They wander off further, each its own way.
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Xiao Yao San
Wound up and worn out at once, tummy a bit sluggish too. Bupleurum loosens things; dong quai and peony (plus poria and atractylodes) do the feeding. So mild that folk happily stayed on it for ages.
The brisker one
Chai Hu Shu Gan San
When the tension's really got its feet under the table. Tight ribs, sigh after sigh. More moving herbs, less feeding, so it was kept for when stuck was clearly the main story.
See Chai Hu Shu Gan SanFor the worrier
Gui Pi Tang
When it's less wound-up and more worn-out from overthinking. A Heart and Spleen formula, for the late-night list maker who's running on empty.
See Gui Pi TangWhat's in the box
Six bottles of Xiao Yao San
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.
| Chai Hu Bupleurum chinense | 572mg |
| Dang Gui Angelica sinensis | 572mg |
| Bai Shao Paeonia lactiflora | 572mg |
| Bai Zhu Atractylodes macrocephala | 572mg |
| Fu Ling Wolfiporia hoelen | 572mg |
| Sheng Jiang Zingiber officinale | 168mg |
| Bo He Mentha canadensis | 102mg |
| Gan Cao Glycyrrhiza glabra | 236mg |
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 Xiao Yao San
It's my first time buying this product and I'm very pleased with the quality of the ingredients and the presentation.
Ana L., verified buyerI have been taking these alongside regular acupuncture sessions and he difference in my overall health and wellbeing is amazing!
Amy G., verified buyerI absolutely love Xiao Yao San. I feel great and my skin and hair look healthier. I always look forward to taking it. I will be reordering.
Annabel W., verified buyerXiao Yao San: your questions
Is Xiao Yao San used for PMS?
It's probably the formula that comes up most in conversations about PMS, because the run-up to a period was one of its classic traditional settings. But (and we'd be letting you down if we didn't say it) it's not a treatment for PMS, or for any period problem. Periods that are suddenly heavier, really painful or just different from usual? Moods you can't get a handle on? GP first, please.
I've heard Xiao Yao San mentioned for stress and anxiety. Fair?
Historically, people turned to it around stressful, wound-up spells, and that's a big part of why it's so well known. It's a food supplement, not a treatment for anxiety, low mood or any mental health condition. If worry or low mood is getting in the way of everyday life, please talk to your GP. There's plenty of help out there.
Can it be taken with Gui Pi Tang?
Herbalists sometimes did pair the two ideas, when someone was both wound up and drained from overthinking. Taking two formulas together is something to talk through with a qualified practitioner, though, so the total of herbs (both contain dong quai and liquorice, for instance) makes sense for you.
Did herbalists suggest any habits alongside it?
The usual Liver advice: move every day, even just a brisk walk, because stuck Qi was thought to respond to movement. Regular meals for the Spleen side. Not too much alcohol or rich food. And a bit of breathing space, in keeping with Zhuangzi's 'free and easy wandering'. Not glamorous, but sensible.
Is the six-pack the same Xiao Yao San?
Yes, exactly the same eight-herb formula and the same tablets as the single bottle, just six bottles in one go. At three in the morning and three in the evening, a bottle lasts ten days, so the pack gives you sixty days, roughly two monthly cycles.
Xiao Yao San, six bottles at once
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