Category: Psyche, nerves, insomnia, senses, acute attack, hidden pathogen, fatigue, detox, immunity.
In Chinese medicine, Gu is a term for "worms". In a more modern sense, however, these are not just worms. The mixture is used to treat a large group of diseases of "external" origin – i.e., the organism is attacked, often by very resilient pests such as Borrelia, Chlamydia, yeast… etc. Even after standard treatment, when everything seems to be fine, part of the pathogen remains hidden in one of the deeper layers, waiting for its "opportunity". We then speak of a so-called "hidden pathogen". It can reactivate at any time when our defensive energy level drops below a critical threshold, or when it is not flowing as it should, for example due to stress.
Western diagnostic methods often reveal nothing, yet we do not feel well. We keep experiencing recurring states of fatigue and exhaustion and it feels as if "something is coming on". We have headaches, joint or muscle pain, we feel feverish or actually measure a temperature, we have a sore throat, or we develop tonsillar plugs.
The mixture is formulated in such a way that sharp and aromatic products (mint and perilla are in the name, the third emperor herb is Dahurian Angelica) expel Gu from the body. It also moves blood and blood stasis, clears the liver and opens the clear orifices – thus calming the spirit. The formula not only expels the "bad", but also gently supports the "good" so that the weakened organism can deal with the uninvited guest: it tonifies the blood – fuel for both the spirit and the nervous tissue. This calms mental imbalance or neurological problems – tremors, tingling, numbness, problems with expression, word retrieval, etc. A person stops feeling dazed and enjoys every day again.
At the beginning of taking the mixture, a so-called Herx reaction may occur, which is how the organism reacts to cleansing from pathogens; it may manifest as restlessness, nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea and worsening of heat symptoms – during the reaction it is good to drink plenty of fluids, rest and contact a Chinese medicine therapist.
For the formula to be fully effective, it must be administered in sufficiently high doses, which are higher than usual, for a period of at least 3–9 months.
| Preparation | Chinese | Czech | Latin |
| Zi Su Ye | perilla leaf | Fol. perillae | |
| Bo He | mint leaf | Fol. menthae | |
| Bai Zhi | Dahurian angelica root | Rad. angelicae dahuricae | |
| Qing | Lian Qiao | forsythia fruit | Fruc. forsythiae |
| Qing Hao | sweet wormwood herb | Herb. artemisiae annuae | |
| Jue Ming Zi | cassia seed | Sem. Cassiae | |
| Sheng | Chai Hu | bupleurum herb | Rad. bupleuri |
| Sheng | Chuan Xiong | ligusticum rhizome | Rhiz. ligustici |
| Huai Hua | sophora flower bud | Flos sophorae japonicae immaturus | |
| San Qi | Ginseng root (pseudoginseng) | Rad. pseudoginseng | |
| Dang Gui | dong quai root | Rad. angelicae sinensis | |
| Sheng | Bai Shao | white peony root | Rad. paeoniae alba |
| Sheng | Huang Qi | astragalus root | Rad. astragali |
| Zhi | He Shou Wu | fo-ti root tuber | Rad. polygoni multiflori |
| Bei Sha Shen | glehnia root | Rad. glehniae | |
| Sheng | Di Huang | rehmannia root (unprepared) | Rad. rehmaniae preparata |

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