Herbsmith Calm Shen is for the dog exhibiting nervousness, hyperactivity and discontentment responding to environmentally induced stress.

Available in 90 tablets, 270 tablets or 150g powder sizes.


Indications:
From a traditional Chinese viewpoint, shyness, clinginess, separation anxiety, thunderphobia, fearfulness of loud noises and fear aggression are all signs of a heart shen disturbance. The herbs in Herbsmith Calm Anxiety may dampen and often resolve anxiety naturally without the need for sedatives or tranquilizers.

Chinese Theory:
Western veterinary medicine describes anxious behavior as a neurosis and may prescribe sedatives or psychodynamic drugs to treat the symptoms. However, Chinese veterinary medicine considers the problem to be a disharmony and uses herbs to manage or resolve the issue. Herbsmith Calm Shen (Calm Anxiety ) iis a combination of Chinese herbs that calm the spirit and harmonize the heart and kidney while preserving the dog’s vitality.

In Chinese medicine the heart not only pumps blood, but also houses the spirit and provides the ability to be settled in the world. In a healthy dog, the heart, a fire element (yang), and the kidney, a water element (yin), are balanced. Excessive emotional or physical stress, disease and aging can diminish kidney function, which leads to the inability to control heart shen and subsequently allows anxiety to occur.

Anxiety may also occur due to an imbalance of the heart itself. Any depletion of heart yin or blood will exhibit symptoms of anxiety such as heat or agitation. Heart disturbances can result from genetic predisposition, blood loss, etc. The Chinese medicinal herbs in Herbsmith Calm Shen are specially combined to support kidney function and tonify heart yin and blood, thus calming the spirit.

Suggested Use:

Powder
For Dogs:
<30 lbs..........½ tsp. twice a day
30-80 lbs.......1 tsp. twice a day
80-120 lbs.....1 ½ tsp. twice a day
>120 lbs........2 tsp. twice a day
For Cats........¼ tsp. twice a day

Tablets
For Dogs:
<30 lbs..........1 tablet twice a day
30-80 lbs......2 tablets twice a day
80-120 lbs....3 tablets twice a day
>120 lbs........4 tablets twice a day
For Cats........½ tablet twice a day

For a 30-80 pound dog:

90 Count Tablet bottle lasts approx 22 days

270 Count Tablet bottle lasts approx 66 days

150 g Powder lasts over one month

Because heart shen disturbances can be a lifelong, genetic problem, Herbsmith Calm Shen may be used long term.

Ingredients (Modified tian wang bu xin dan):
Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae (sheng di huang)
Actions: Enriches kidney yin, clears heat, and nourishes blood.

Tuber Asparagi Cochinchinensis (tian men dong)
Actions: Enriches the yin and clear heat from deficiency.

Tuber Ophiopogonis Japonici (mai men dong)
Actions: Enriches the yin and clear heat from deficiency.

Radix Angelicae Sinensis (dang gui)
Actions: Tonifies the blood to nourish the heart without causing stasis.

Fructus Schisandrae Chinenses (wu wei zi)
Actions: Prevents leakage of heart qi.

Semen Biotae Orientalis (bai zi ren)
Actions: Calms the spirit.

Semen Zizyphi Spinosae (suan zao ren)
Actions: Prevents leakage of heart qi.

Radix Ginseng (ren shen)
Actions: Assists heart qi.

Radix Scrophulariae Ningpoensis (xuan shen)
Actions: Enriches the yin and clear heat from deficiency.

Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae (dan shen)
Actions: Tonifies the blood to nourish the heart without causing stasis.

Sclerotium Poriae Cocos (fu ling)
Actions: Assists heart qi.

Radix Polygalae Tenuifoliae (yuan zhi)
Actions: Calms the spirit.

Radix Platycodi Grandiflori (jie geng)
Actions: Conducts the actions of the other herbs upward to the heart spirit.