Full-spectrum, water-based herbal extract; concentrated 5:1 capsules (100 caps./bottle).

Chinese Name: 四逆散, Si Ni San
English Name: Frigid Extremities Formula
Item Number: S165-c

Formula Principles:
Moves Qi, resolves the constraint, soothes the liver, and rectifies the spleen, releases the exterior, eliminates Heat in the interior.

Ingredients:

TCM Pattern:
Counterflow cold of the four limbs in a Shao Yin pattern, liver, spleen constraint and stagnation

Dosage:
Take four capsules, 2-3 daily.

Full-spectrum, water-based herbal extract; concentrated 5:1 granules (100g/bottle).

 Item Number: S165

English Name: Frigid Extremities Formula

Formula Principles:

Moves Qi, resolves the constraint , soothes the liver, and rectifies the spleen, releases the exterior, eliminates Heat in the interior, relieves depressed metal fatigue.

Ingredients:

Chai Hu Bupleurum Root

Bai Shao White Peony Root

Zhi Shi (Fu Chao) Immature Bitter Orange (Processed)

Gan Cao ( Mi) Licorice Root (Processed)

TCM Pattern:

Counterflow cold of the four limbs in a Shao Yin pattern, distention and fullness in the rib-side, pain in the abdomen, and liver, spleen constraint and stagnation, Jue liver and spleen disharmony, menstrual and metal disorders due to liver Qi stagnation.

Dosage:

Mix 4.5 g in hot water and drink as tea, 2-3 daily.

Allergen Information:

Contains, Wheat & Gluten

Also available as Capsules.

Full-spectrum, water-based herbal extract; concentrated 5:1 granules (100g/bottle).

English Name: Four-Substance Decoction
Item Number: S175

Formula Principles:

Supplements and regulates the blood, regulates the liver, improves blood circulation, regulates menstruation

Ingredients:

TCM Pattern:

Blood deficiency and blood stasis, irregular menstruation related to blood deficiency and blood stasis.

Dosage

Mix 4.5 g in hot water and drink as tea, 2-3 daily. 

Also available as Capsules. 

Build Energy Gently

Sol Tea is Botanical Biohacking’s Imperial Grade version of Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang — a four-ingredient formula from the Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Diseases), one of Chinese medicine’s most revered classical texts, written nearly 2,000 years ago. It is as notable for its power as its simplicity — using four of the safest herbs in the entire pharmacopoeia to address some of the most complicated and chronic illness presentations.

At Crawford Wellness, Sol Tea is recommended for patients who are too depleted for stronger tonics — those where Cordyceps, Ginseng, Astragalus, or Dang Gui make them feel worse rather than better. This is a specific and important clinical pattern, and Sol Tea is one of the few formulas that addresses it directly.

Who Sol Tea Is For

Sol Tea is appropriate for those experiencing:

• Chronic fatigue & exercise intolerance — especially where standard tonics worsen symptoms
• Dysautonomia — dizziness upon standing (orthostatic hypotension), heart palpitations, and autonomic nervous system dysregulation
• Post-illness recovery — after severe illness, long COVID, or prolonged antibiotic or anti-inflammatory use that has depleted the microbiome
• Edema & water retention — pathological dampness accumulation that standard qi tonics worsen
• Abdominal cramping or bloating that is worse after bowel movements
• Celiac disease — gluten free and gentle on a compromised intestinal lining
• Air hunger & breathing difficulties — including asthma patterns rooted in spleen qi deficiency and dampness
• Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — supported by modern research
• Drug-induced metabolic syndrome — from long-term pharmaceutical use
• Cardiovascular vulnerability — supports heart qi and fluid metabolism
• Scalloped tongue with no coat or cracked surface — a TCM sign of spleen qi and yin deficiency with dampness

The Classical Context — Why This Formula Matters for Chronic Illness

The Shang Han Lun describes the patient who needs Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang as someone who is no longer acutely ill, but still very weak and susceptible to relapse. They experience bloating, dizziness on standing, trembling after sweating, water retention, fatigue, and breathing difficulties. Crucially — the usual tonics make them worse, because their system is too damp and depleted to process them.

From a modern perspective, this describes patients who have been on long-term antibiotics, anti-inflammatory medications, or immunosuppressants — destroying their healthy microbiome and leading to asthma, fatty liver, edema, anemia, dysautonomia, and chronic fatigue. Sol Tea gently rebuilds the foundation without overwhelming a system that is already struggling.

It is safe for long-term use and has a genuinely delicious sweet flavor.

Key Ingredients & Their Healing Actions

• Fu Ling / Poria Cocos — the chief herb; strengthens the spleen, resolves pathological dampness, calms the heart and mind, supports healthy fluid metabolism
• Gui Zhi / Cinnamon Twig Tips — warms and unblocks the yang qi, supports heart function, improves circulation, and helps the body transform and move dampness
• Bai Zhu / White Atractylodes — strengthens the spleen and stomach, dries dampness, supports digestive function and intestinal motility
• Gan Cao / Honey-Baked Licorice — tonifies spleen qi, harmonizes all herbs, supports heart rhythm, and gently nourishes without creating excess dampness

Together these four herbs regulate intestinal motility, settle an upset stomach, improve aquaporin function (the body’s water channel proteins), and gently rebuild qi without overwhelming a depleted system.

Research

• Sol LGZG vs. Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease — clinical research supporting hepatoprotective effects
• Sol LGZG vs. Drug-Induced Metabolic Syndrome — supports recovery from pharmaceutical-induced metabolic disruption
• Sol LGZG + Intermittent Fasting vs. Diabetes — synergistic effects on blood sugar regulation

How to Brew Sol Tea

Place 1–5 teabags in a pot of water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10–20 minutes. Strain and drink. Alternatively, steep as a normal herbal tea — multiple long infusions are recommended for maximum benefit. Sol Tea does not contain seeds but benefits from a short boil for full extraction of active ingredients.

Gluten Free — safe for those with Celiac disease and gluten sensitivity.

 Consult your licensed TCM practitioner or healthcare provider before use, especially if pregnant, nursing, or managing a complex chronic condition with existing medications.

Chronic low back pain reorganises a life quietly. It changes how you sleep, what you lift, which chairs you avoid, and how far you are willing to walk before deciding it is not worth it.

LumBear is the lumbar formula in Botanical Biohacking's Stem and Leaf series — guide herb blends built one spinal region at a time rather than as a single general-purpose back remedy. This one covers L1 through L5.

Three herbs, chosen for direction rather than volume: two that traditionally strengthen the low back and knees, and one that warms the deep, cold, settled ache that tends to arrive after years rather than weeks.

What is in it

How to use it

Place one to five teabags in a pot of water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer ten to twenty minutes. Strain and drink. You can re-brew the same bags until the flavor is gone. Thirty teabags, roughly a one-month supply.

With chronic pain, give it weeks rather than days. Store cool and dry, and refrigerate after opening. If the vacuum seal is broken on arrival, do not use it.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your healthcare provider before use, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or taking medication. Low back pain with leg weakness, numbness, or changes in bladder or bowel function requires prompt medical evaluation.

Sacral and tailbone pain is the kind you cannot stretch out and cannot sit through. When it becomes chronic it makes chairs the enemy, turns long drives into a negotiation, and rarely gets taken as seriously as it deserves.

Sacrocox is the sacrococcygeal formula in Botanical Biohacking's Stem and Leaf series — guide herb blends built one spinal region at a time rather than as a single general-purpose back remedy. This one covers the base of the spine, where the lumbar hands off to the pelvis.

Two herbs, chosen for direction rather than volume. One pulls downward toward the lower body; the other warms and steadies the low back and knees.

What is in it

How to use it

Place one to five teabags in a pot of water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer ten to twenty minutes. Strain and drink. You can re-brew the same bags until the flavor is gone. Thirty teabags, roughly a one-month supply.

With chronic pain, give it weeks rather than days. Store cool and dry, and refrigerate after opening. If the vacuum seal is broken on arrival, do not use it.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your healthcare provider before use, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or taking medication. Tailbone pain following a fall, or accompanied by changes in bladder or bowel function, should be evaluated by a physician.

If your neck has hurt for years rather than weeks, you have probably already done the imaging, the physical therapy, and the ergonomic chair. Chronic cervical pain tends to outlast the things that work on acute injuries.

Sir Vickle is the cervical formula in Botanical Biohacking's Stem and Leaf series — a set of guide herb blends built one spinal region at a time rather than as a single general-purpose back remedy. This one covers C1 through C7.

It is deliberately small. Two herbs, both classical choices for the neck and upper back, at imperial grade rather than in volume. In chronic presentations the goal is something you can take steadily for months without accumulating side effects, and a short formula is easier to sustain than a long one.

What is in it

How to use it

Place one to five teabags in a pot of water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer ten to twenty minutes. Strain and drink. You can re-brew the same bags until the flavor is gone. Thirty teabags, roughly a one-month supply.

With chronic pain, give it weeks rather than days. Store cool and dry, and refrigerate after opening. If the vacuum seal is broken on arrival, do not use it.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your healthcare provider before use, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or taking medication. Persistent or worsening neck pain, particularly with numbness, weakness, or radiating symptoms, should be evaluated by a physician.