Pill for Calming the Mind

Pill for Calming the Mind,For acute and chronic convulsions in children, wheezing with excessive phlegm or coughing; and when phlegm obstructs the orifices of the heart, resulting in an inability to speak.

Formulas Name : Pill for Calming the Mind

Chinese Name : 镇惊丹

Drug Formulation

Poria (stir-fried with ginger juice) 2 liang 4 qian, Fangfeng 2 liang 4 qian, Zhi Shi (stir-fried with wheat bran) 2 liang 4 qian, Tianma (soaked in licorice water, then steamed) 2 liang 4 qian, Banxia (processed with ginger) 2 liang 4 qian, Jiegeng 2 liang 4 qian, Cooked Rheum (steamed and sun-dried 9 times) 1 liang, Raw Rheum 1 liang, Longshi (used raw) 1 liang,Croton Seed Powder (oil-free and purified) 2 qian, Cinnabar 4 qian, Realgar 4 qian.

Source

From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a millet seed.

Benefits

For acute and chronic convulsions in children, wheezing with excessive phlegm or coughing; and when phlegm obstructs the orifices of the heart, resulting in an inability to speak.

Instructions for Use

Take 3–4 fen per dose, washed down with ginger soup; if there is wind-cold, wash down with scallion soup.

Pill for Calming the Mind,From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.,For acute and chronic convulsions in children, wheezing with excessive phlegm or coughing; and when phlegm obstructs the orifices of the heart, resulting in an inability to speak.

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