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Hoechundang Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic Uwhang Cheongsimwon

If stress is making your heart pound and you feel anxious, consider taking Uwhang Cheongsimwon to help calm both the body and mind. Uwhang Cheongsimwon may be helpful when stress causes palpitations or anxiety makes it hard to sleep.

Uwhang Cheongsimwon is a well-known medicine that may help stabilize the mind when dizziness or extreme tension continues, and may help improve high blood pressure and aftereffects of stroke while easing brain fatigue.

In Donguibogam, Uwhang Cheongsimwon is described as a prescription used when a person suddenly develops wind and collapses after losing consciousness. It is also said to be used for symptoms in which the mind and body are not stable, the heart’s qi is deficient, and the mind is confused. It is also used as an at-home medicine for gyeonggye, or palpitations, jeongchung, seizures or epilepsy, and cases in which mental and physical energy drops after a major shock.

For people today, taking Uwhang Cheongsimwon preventively before stressful situations can also be a good option. For example, you may take Uwhang Cheongsimwon in advance when your heart pounds and you feel anxious as soon as you go to work (work stress), when you need to face someone with whom you have an uncomfortable relationship (interpersonal stress), or when you are in conflict or a dispute with others. It may help ease palpitations, headaches, dizziness, and other symptoms caused by severe stress so you can get through difficult situations with a calmer, more stable mind.

Uwhang Cheongsimwon is the formula that can be helpful for these various urgent symptoms.

History Of Uwhang Cheongsimwon Uwhang Cheongsimwon was first recorded under the name Uwhang Cheongsimhwan (牛黃淸心丸) in a medical text from the Song dynasty called Taepyeong Hyemin Hwajegukbang.

In this classical text, Uwhang Cheongsimwon was described as effective for stroke, hemiplegia, dizziness, dysarthria, facial nerve palsy, palpitations, depression, insomnia, and coma.

Benefits Of Uwhang Cheongsimwon The benefits of Uwhang Cheongsimwon can be viewed in three main ways.

Anjeong (Stabilization, 安定): To calm the mind

Cheongsim (淸心): To clear heat from the heart

Gaegyu (開竅): To clear the mind

Many research papers have also reported studies demonstrating the effects and benefits of Uwhang Cheongsimwon.

Uwhang Cheongsimwon and cerebrovascular disease: Studies have shown that Uwhang Cheongsimwon has protective effects on cerebral nerve cells, including protecting nerve cells from oxidative damage, preventing cerebral nerve cell death caused by ischemic brain injury, and inhibiting nerve cell death due to excitotoxicity. Therefore, it is applied for cerebral infarction, epileptic seizures, and brain damage caused by chronic stress.

In actual practice at Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic, we prescribe it as essential for patients with a past history of stroke and guide them to keep it with them as an at-home medicine and to take it when they feel dizzy again, feel as if they may collapse, or feel numbness or paralysis. Therefore, at Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic, we also use Uwhang Cheongsimwon for the treatment of facial palsy and have seen meaningful effects in practice.

Uwhang Cheongsimwon and cardiovascular disease and central nervous system disease: Research papers have demonstrated that Uwhang Cheongsimwon may improve cerebral blood flow through capillary dilation, dilation of resistance vessels in the brain, and maintenance of vascular homeostasis, as well as lower blood pressure, activate the parasympathetic nervous system, provide sedation, have anticonvulsant effects, and reduce cardiac contractility. It may help with high blood pressure, learning and memory impairment, cerebral infarction, convulsions, and sleep disorders.

Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic Uwhang Cheongsimwon is recommended for these people: – Those who often struggle in stressful situations

– Those who suffer from insomnia due to anxiety

– Those who feel distressed and have severe headaches from work, interpersonal, or exam stress

– Those who often suddenly experience a pounding heart and dizziness

– When you suddenly feel as if you may collapse

– In an emergency situation from stroke, when you feel paralysis or that your arms and legs are not moving freely

– Those who often become extremely nervous before important exams, interviews, presentations, and similar situations

– When improvement is needed for high blood pressure, facial palsy, or aftereffects of stroke

Key points when choosing Uwhang Cheongsimwon: Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic is different.

1. Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic’s proprietary formula tailored to people today The medicinal ingredients included in Uwhang Cheongsimwon number more than about 30, including bezoar. However, because the level of stress we experience today is very different from the past, we selected herbal medicine ingredients by modifying them to suit the body and mind of modern people. Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic has further developed and researched Hoechundang Uwhang Cheongsimwon by incorporating Hoechundang’s 100 years of treatment experience and proprietary formulas passed down through generations, along with modern clinical know-how.

2. Certified real Musk (麝香) / real bezoar Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic Uwhang Cheongsimwon uses certified real Musk (麝香) and bezoar (牛黃). Uwhang Cheongsimhwan sold at ordinary pharmacies is inexpensive because it uses artificial bezoar and artificial musk. Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic’s Hoechundang Uwhang Cheongsimwon uses only carefully selected herbal medicine ingredients and has effects that are on a different level from artificial products.

3. Clean and safe herbal medicine ingredients Uwhang Cheongsimwon is an herbal medicine that contains a variety of herbal medicine ingredients. For that reason, it requires safe herbal medicine ingredients that are thoroughly and cleanly managed. At Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic’s in-house decoction room, we manage herbal medicine ingredients with strict care.

4. Uwhang Cheongsimwon directly prepared by a nationally recognized master doctor Because Uwhang Cheongsimwon has strong effects, it can overly stabilize the nervous system, or in patients for whom it is not suitable, it may have the opposite effect and cause palpitations; therefore, diagnosis and prescription by a Korean medicine doctor are needed. At Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic, it is directly prepared by our director, who served as the President’s attending physician and as director of Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital.

We strongly recommend taking herbal medicine safely under professional care and consultation.

How To Take Uwhang Cheongsimwon It is good to carry Uwhang Cheongsimwon with you, 1 pill at a time, in case of emergencies. In an urgent situation, chew 1 pill thoroughly at room temperature and take it. Keep it as an at-home medicine at home, at work, in your car, or in a clothing pocket, and take it immediately when symptoms such as dizziness, trembling, or a feeling of paralysis appear.

If you are taking it for health management with the goal of improving blood flow and stabilizing the mind, continuous use is possible. Take it out at room temperature the day before. The next morning after waking, while on an empty stomach, drink a glass of lukewarm water, then keep the softened Uwhang Cheongsimwon in your mouth for a long time so it mixes with as much saliva as possible, and chew it before swallowing.

How to take Uwhang Cheongsimwon differs for each patient. During the medical consultation, personalized optimal dosing guidance is provided according to the individual.

Misunderstandings About Uwhang Cheongsimwon And Medication Guidance Before An Important Event There is a misunderstanding that taking Uwhang Cheongsimwon can suddenly make you very sleepy and low in energy, causing you to fall asleep. If you have an important exam, interview, or presentation ahead, rather than taking it for the first time on the day of the event, it is safer and more effective to try it a few days beforehand to check your response and appropriate dose. Taking it one to two hours before an important event is a good time for the effect to appear.

If the method of taking it is determined in advance through accurate medication guidance, there is no need to worry.

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