Compared to synthetic drugs, natural mood stabilizers have their own unparalleled advantages. Most herbal remedies, Chinese herbs in particular, have been used for decades of years, if not hundreds. Over such a long period of clinical practice and experiments, it is generally recognized as safe and reliable on curative effect. Actually now many conditions have found the preferable matching herbal treatments accordingly, so does mood disorders like bipolar, depressive or manic episode. According to the dominating phase in bipolar disorder, the lists of natural mood stabilizers (Chinese herbs) for depressive and manic episodes are as follows:

1). Depressive phase (intermingled phlegm and Qi)
Ban Xia (Pinellia Rhizome), Chen Pi (Tangerine Peel), Tian Nan Xing (Arisaema), Bai Fu Zi (Typhonium Rhizome), Bai Jie Zi (White Mustard Seed), Zao Jia (Gleditsiae Fructus), Fu Ling (Poria), Hou Po (Magnolia Bark), Yuan Zhi (Senega Root), Shi Chang Pu (Sweetflag Rhizome), Yu Jin (Tumeric Tuber), Mu Xiang (Costus Root), Xiang Fu (Nut Grass Rhizome), Tan Xiang (Sandalwood), Chen Xiang (Aloeswood), Su He Xiang (Resin of Rose Maloes, Styrax), She Xiang (Navel Gland Secretions of Musk Deer), and An Xi Xiang (Benzoin).

2). Manic phase (phlegm-fire disturbing mind)
Niu Huang (Cattle Gallstone), Zhu Li (Bamboo Juice), Tian Zhu Huang (Siliceous Secretions of Bamboo), Zhe Bei Mu (Fritillaria Bulb), Dan Nan Xing (Jack in the Pulpit Rhizome and Bile), Yu Jin (Tumeric Tuber), Bai Fan (Alum), Fu Shen (Poria Root), Shi Chang Pu (Sweetflag Rhizome), Zhu Ru (Bamboo Shavings), Meng Shi (Lapis Stone), Dan Shen (Salvia Root), Zhu Sha (Cinnabar), Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap Root, Scutellaria), Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome), Bing Pian (Borneol), She Xiang (Navel Gland Secretions of Musk Deer), Zhen Zhu (Pearl), and Sheng Tie Luo (Iron Filings).